I will be away from the blog for the next week.  Hopefully, I'll be back in action next Thursday, the 24th. In the meantime, you might want to check out…

With apologies to readers, but once again I will be away from the blog for a few days.  But I hope to be back on-line by next Tuesday or Wednesday…

Apologies for being off-line for so long – the local elections, work; and now I will be away for a few days.  You may want to check out 'Growing the…

I will be taking a break for the next few days.  Which is unfortunate because there's so much great news running about the place:  recession in Japan, Bank of Ireland…

I remember watching the race riots on television news – Watts, Harlem, Hough and Newark.  I remember my first lesson from the Bible as taught me by my mother –…

Apologies for having been away from the Recession Diaries.  But with work and all.  And now I'll be away for a few days.  When I return will we still have…

You probably missed this piece on RTE: RTE Reporter (on the rooftop of a manufacturing plant, helicopter in the background):  We are with Tuck McGrath, CEO of Irish Enterprises.  Mr.…

Off for a few day to, hopefully, sunny Cork.  Will be back Monday, though – trying to make sense of these recessionary times.

What a way to spend some free time.  Over this long weekend I was going through past statements issued by the Small Firms Association.  You remember that little group –…

The Small Firms Association (SFA) has looked deep into the problems of the economy and has come up with a solution: cut people’s wages.  Not just cut, but do a…

Pat Leahy opines in the recent Sunday Business Post: The challenge for Cowen is to give leadership in these circumstances of real threats to our national interest. It won’t be…

With Exchequer finance spiraling out of control, what should the Left argue? Shore up capital spending? Cut current expenditure (i.e. public services, wages, social programmes)? Increase taxes? What should the…

Those of us who truly want the 21st century to be European do not have the luxury of hiding behind the referendum result and insisting that Europe stop. Nor should…

What a good news week for Fianna Fail was last week. It wasn’t just the latest Irish Times poll even if it’s only a honeymoon result. There was also that…

The following is a synopsis of an article that appears on Irish Left Review. When Eamon Gilmore, TD launched his leadership bid back in August he laid out his primary…

The next time Minister Michael Martin addresses the Dail about knowledge capital, or Minister Mary Hanafin prattles on about ‘investing in our future’ or any other Minister talks about ‘world…

Economic growth to slump to the lowest levels since the recessionary 1980s. Unemployment to rise. Inflation heading back up. Tax revenue slumping. Exchequer deficit out of control. Export growth sluggish.…

You may not be familiar with the think-tank Heritage Foundation. Its mission statement should give you a clue: ‘ . . . to formulate and promote conservative public policies based…

‘The Church’s teaching is clear: within the sacrament of marriage, the use of condoms as contraceptives as wrong, though there may be mitigating circumstances. Outside of marriage, the use of…

When caught in a storm, long-term thinking is understandably sacrificed to more short-term concerns – like getting out of the rain. You’re wet, you’re going to get wetter (the bus…