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Early Budget will have only a limited impact
When the facts changed, the great economist John Maynard Keynes changed his
mind. Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan changed the date.
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First step on the long road to sane pension strategy
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
You could have heard a pin drop when the Republic’s Minister for Social
Affairs Mary Hanafin announced that she was about to publish the national
pensions strategy.
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We must be sure students really make the grade
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
I do not wish to sound either old or clever, although there is no doubt that I
qualify on at least one count. But the fact is that when I attended Queen's
University, Belfast, it had 5,000 students, and today it has more than
25,000.
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If it is the end of the tunnel, then where’s the light?
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Who reads the second paragraph?” snarls Walter Matthau as the ruthless editor
in The Front Page.
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Eager workforce is the ticket out of this recession
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
At the height of the George Lee affair, I wrote that people may have mistaken
analysis for answers. One thing we can be sure of is that they are desperate
to hear some plausible answers as to how we can escape the current economic
crisis.
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Republic should rejoice at being part of the herd
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Never waste a good crisis, they say, and we certainly have a good one erupting
right now.
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We must cut the wages of friends in high places
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
At last, a bit of leadership from the Irish government, but from a most
unexpected quarter.
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Ireland’s economy will need another global credit wave
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
You could see where the money is. When the Republican won the Massachusetts
Senate seat, shares in big pharmaceutical companies rose sharply.
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Crystal ball is cloudy and the future a worry
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Remember the 'wealth effect' during the boom? People were becoming more
wealthy as the value of their houses and (particularly in the US) their
shares, rose rapidly.
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Time to lift this gag on future role of the euro
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
The idea of leaving the euro is one of those things we in the Republic are not
supposed to talk about.
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It's time for a revolt against vested interests
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
A woman of my acquaintance had a part as an extra in Neil Jordan's film, The
Butcher Boy. Some scenes were filmed in St Ita's mental hospital in
Portrane. It took her months to get over the nightmarish conditions she
found there.
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Easier times are ahead as Budget does heavy lifting
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The most surprising thing about the Irish Budget was Finance Minister Brian
Lenihan's comment that next year's Budget would be easier.
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A touch of frost from ECB has banks shivering
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Just a little touch of frost and there they all are, skidding and crashing.
Not just Irish motorists either, but Europe's banks.
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Southern shops finding they have plenty to Choo on
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
It was probably a teeny bit unfair to have a go at public sector workers who
made use of the one-day strike to go shopping in Newry.
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Workers may be holding economy in their pockets
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
The secret of good looks, apparently, is symmetry. One side of the face should
be as much like the other side as possible, so it is no surprise that we
have a fairly ugly economy.
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Low wage or not, there's no escape from tax burden
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
We must all pull together in this time of national emergency. So, in that spirit, I think I can be of assistance to Brothers Begg, O'Connor et al. You are looking in the wrong place, comrades.
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Neelie calls the shots and she can’t be ignored
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
This is not perhaps the wisest thing to say about the EU Competition
Commissioner in this day and age, but I cannot resist it — hell hath no fury
like a woman scorned.
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We have to find a way to protect banks from themselves
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
A puppy, they say, is for life. Before you rescue that poor, helpless
creature, remember that this is a responsibility which will continue for
years after the novelty has worn off. Just like the banks.
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To fix current tax issues we must go back... to the future
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
There comes a point in life when one becomes convinced that they did things
better in the old days.
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Taxes will rise and incomes fall: that is the grim reality
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
In the end, the most significant bit of the new Programme for Government between Fianna Fail and the Green Party could be the bit about helping people who cannot pay off their mortgages or other personal debts.
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The public sector is in trouble but what of our services?
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
I HAD one of those uncomfortable calls, from a low-paid government worker, after the CSO survey again showed a significant gap between earnings in the public and private sectors.
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