Issues
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Downsizing the Dáil?
The pros and cons of reducing the number of TDs. As the state’s population has increased, so too has the…
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Budget 2010
Macdara Doyle, of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), analyses Budget 2010 and argues that it is a “charter…
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2010 economic outlook: Fergal O’Brien
Fergal O’Brien, senior economist in IBEC’s policy division, argues that by “frontloading” the fiscal adjustment into the 2010 Budget, the…
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Stringent budget to please Brussels
Eamon Quinn analyses government reasoning for the harsh Budget. Most years the back-page documentation from the Department of Finance gives…
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Change in court
The Irish legal system needs an intermediate appeal court in order to ease the burden on the Supreme Court and…
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A gentler route to recovery: David Begg
David Begg General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) spoke to Meadhbh Monahan about his view on…
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On top of the world
“Rankings can never capture the full contribution of this university. The standard line is they don’t matter – but they…
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After Lisbon: our place in Europe
Peter Cheney assesses the Lisbon Treaty’s final implications for Ireland in Europe. The anniversary of one celebrated uniting moment in…
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Strong local government
Amid the challenges of trying to implement the Dublin Waste Management Plan and the Poolbeg incinerator, dealing with the recent…
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Fundamental change: Pat McLoughlin
The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (An Bord Snip), recommended that fundamental changes…
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