Different plan, same rules
Now that Paschal Donohoe is quids in for the Tax Haven Club, there are decreasingly subtle hints that the taxation policy coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic is all about making us richer. Sorry;...
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Where does unionism go now?
As we approach the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty that both established the Free State and copper-fastened the nascent state of Northern Ireland, unionism is faced with a dilemma. On the one hand...
View Article“We cannot solve this crisis overnight”
Twitter users will be aware that deputies from government parties (usually those not occupying a ministerial office) are forever telling us how disgraceful this thing or that thing is. It is usually...
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New Bill Protects Employers in Notoriously Low Paid Sector
The recent announcement by Tánaiste and minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, indicating that he will introduce new legislation by way of a commencement order to protect the...
View ArticleVanishing tricks
2022 marks the tenth anniversary of the worst year of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09. It is painful to remember now but water charges were being talked about and a Fine Gael / Labour coalition...
View ArticleDon’t give up on neutrality
The recent publication of the Commission on the Defence Forces report has been used to mount a concerted attack on our neutrality. Irish neutrality has a long and honourable history, dating back to...
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This Earth Day, which side are you on?
Earth Day has become, over time, as Greta Thunberg has described, “an opportunity for people in power to post their “love” for the planet, while at the same time destroying it at maximum speed”....
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Unions must bargain for wages and equality
Creating greater equality should always be a core aim of trade unions. The constitution of The Irish Congress of Trade Unions lists ensuring full equality in all aspects of employment opportunity and...
View ArticlePublic funding is at the heart of special needs education inclusion
Last week, Minister for Education Josepha Madigan took the extraordinary decision of naming four schools which, to her mind, are refusing to provide an education to children in their communities with...
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