Throughout the pandemic crisis we have heard much commentary lauding essential workers and, in many instances, pointing out the poor wages and working conditions they endure.   The following looks at…

This is the third Sunday summary of US state-wide polls, focusing on the ‘competitive’ states in the US Presidential election.  The race will be determined by the Electoral College which…

The employer representatives on the Low Pay Commission (LPC) have effectively resigned from the minimum wage.  This left the trade union representatives – no choice but to resign from the…

In the budget the Government will have to show it has drawn lessons from the pandemic.  One of those lessons is Illness Benefit. When the crisis broke, the Government realised…

This is the second Sunday summary of US state-wide polls, focusing on the ‘competitive’ states in the US Presidential election (you can read the first summary here).  The race will…

In a little over seven weeks Americans will go to the polls.  So here is a summary of US polling in the Presidential election.  Currently, Joe Biden is leading in…

Back in July the Tánaiste warned of a coming economic crisis that could be ‘very divisive’: ‘ . . . it’s a very serious economic crisis and one that’s very…