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Dan O’Brien: The economics of “woke” and how it could affect the coming general election

November 15, 2024 5:20 am Published by Dan O'Brien

The word “woke” means different things to different people. Let’s start with what woke is not. Some people use the... View Article

By “reclassifying” spending, the Green Party is claiming an extra €3.5bn of financial space

November 14, 2024 12:35 pm Published by Ian Kehoe

The Green Party manifesto is everything a manifesto should be, and nothing it should be. Manifestos are collages of ideas.... View Article

Peter Kinsella: what Trump’s second coming says about the political and economic regime

November 14, 2024 5:19 am Published by Peter Kinsella

Since the G& met in June, each of the national leaders has lost power or lost influence in their own... View Article

Candidates regard Apple’s back taxes as secure, but do they realise future ones are not?

November 13, 2024 6:45 pm Published by T. Hubert and J. Keane

The general election campaign predictably opened with a contest between political parties on their plans to spend the corporation tax... View Article

Ian Kehoe: Fianna Fáil is banking on €5.2bn from “efficiencies” and “second-order buoyancy effects”

November 12, 2024 6:50 pm Published by Ian Kehoe

Fianna Fáil’s election manifesto, launched on Monday in Dublin, was not lacking in proposals, plans, pledges, or promises. The document,... View Article

Colm McCarthy: We need to talk about water charges

November 12, 2024 5:39 am Published by Colm McCarthy

Inadequate national infrastructure has multiple sources, including the halving of the state capital programme in the Troika years following the... View Article