Notes on the Front

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

Month: May 2018

  • Next Step: Women’s Rights in the Workplace

    Now that women have secured a basic human right denied them by the constitutional caprice of the now defunct 8th amendment, what is the next step?  It depends on how…


  • Irish Swedish or Swedish Irish?

    I was at a meeting a few days ago where a torrent of good news on the equality front was expressed; in particular, how Irish equality is reaching Swedish levels…


  • Fiscally Frightening the Children

    There are a number of reasons being put forward to justify limiting the amount of budgetary resources available for repairing the social and economic damage of the recession years:  an…


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