Notes on the Front

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

Month: March 2019

  • Promising the Irresponsible

    The Finance Minister needs to buy the Taoiseach an abacus.  It would also be helpful if he would brief him on certain economic realities.  For the Taoiseach has been both…


  • This Over-Worked Working Life

    There is a growing interest in reducing the working week – usually expressed as a four-day week.  Numerous ad hoc examples of private and public sector companies and agencies appear…


  • It Begins – And Continues

    It was only a matter of time.  Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe brought a new report to Cabinet last week containing estimates of the damage a no-deal Brexit could do to…


  • Blaming it on Workers (Again)

    In recent days employers have claimed that rising construction wages are a significant contributor to high prices in the residential and infrastructural sectors.  Not only do these claims not hold…


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