Showing posts with label Irish Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish Government. Show all posts
Friday, July 21, 2017

21/7/17: What Irish Civil Service is Good For?..

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Recently released data on 2011-2016 Irish Government financial metrics shows that despite all the reports concerning the adverse impact of...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

21/6/16: Real Ireland and the New 'Fiscal Space'

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My comment for the Sunday Business Post  on the Summer Statement by the Irish Government, covering fiscal space for 2016-2021 is available...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

29/2/16: GE 2016 - Ireland's Answers to No Questions Asked

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The election 2016 is a catalyst-free contest that has been shaped by the political parties attempts to understand the mind of the electo...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

26/1/16: 'More than 1,000 jobs per week' Government Claims v Reality

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One senior TD and a Junior Minister with position relating, indirectly, to employment and the labour market has just posted an interesting...
Friday, January 1, 2016

1/1/16: Developers Questioning Banking Inquiry Report

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While we do not know what is in the Banking Inquiry report signed-off this week, concerns being expressed by the two developers , namely M...
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

28/4/15: There is a Spring... There was a Statement...

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This Spring Statement was a lengthy and over-manned delivery of the vintage "A Lot Done. More to Do." 2002 FF slogan. As such, i...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

17/11/2013: Irish Government Score Card 2013: OECD

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Well-summarised insights from the OECD on Irish Government performance based on 2011-2012 data:  http://www.oecd.org/gov/GAAG2013_CFS_IRE....
Thursday, October 17, 2013

17/10/2013: Budget 2014 Missing the Targets: Sunday Times, October 13

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This is an unedited version of my Sunday Times column from October 13, 2013. Recent events have led to a significant reframing of the ...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

8/9/2013: Priory Hall Is Enda Kenny's Problem to Solve

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Gene Kerrigan in the Sunday Independent has a very passionate column on the relationship between the Government leadership and the case of ...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

18/4/2013: Legalising Modern Version of Slavery

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Insolvency guidelines published today were wholly and fully written by the banks and for the banks . The core points are that under...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

14/1/2013: Irish Savings Rates - Q3 2012

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Data for Irish Savings rates for Q3 2012 has been released by the CSO (see release here ). Instead of rephrasing the release, lets take a ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

4/9/2012: Imagining the banks costs

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Excellent info-graphic on the cost of Ireland's banks rescue to the economy via Stephen Donnelly (TD, Independent): And the link ...
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

1/12/2011: Sunday Times, 27 November 2011

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Here is the unedited version of my article in the Sunday Times, November 27, 2011. Since the collapse of the bubble, Irish perceptions ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

19/02/2011: Paying down our debt out of Exports

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Let's do a quick exercise. Suppose we take our current account - defined as the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of go...
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