Notes on the Front

Commentary on Irish Political Economy by Michael Taft, researcher for SIPTU

Month: June 2016

  • Two Sides of the Same Dismal Coin

    Does the Brexit vote, with all its contradictions and incongruities, represent an anti-establishment vote?  The Brexit campaign was a struggle between two wings of the Tory party (including its breakaway,…


  • Bin Charges: From Private Circus to Public Service

    The bin charges debacle is spiralling into chaos.  We have areas where two or three or four bin companies operate and other areas where companies are threatening to leave; escalating…


  • The Report

    The Committee on Housing and Homelessness have produced their report.  It is a credible piece of work, especially given the short-time frame and the challenge of agreeing recommendations on an…


  • The Decade Long Income Recession

    When is an economy out of recession?  When it returns to and exceeds the level at which it entered the recession.  The economy exited the recession in 2014 – the…


  • Rural Stagnation in the Marketplace

    Some commentators have recently challenged the assertion that there is no recovery outside Dublin.  Dan O’Brien does up the numbers and show, with the exception of the West and recently…


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