Enda Kenny – Mister Ten Percent
From his state o’ chassis address, Enda Kenny TD, leader of Fine Gael and Taoiseach na hÉireann: “Two years ago,Continue Reading
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No Irish-Speakers
Following the news yesterday that several hundred jobs are to be lost as three companies reduce or cease their operationsContinue Reading
The Daily Lucinda
When the journalists and editors of a right-wing media cartel start campaigning for the creation of a political party toContinue Reading
An Island Nation Once Called Ireland
Following on from my post here on the government plans to demolish uninhabited housing estates left behind by the evaporationContinue Reading
Socio-Economic Cleansing – The Irish Way Of Doing Things
So the Fine Oibre government is considering demolishing forty of the ”worse” ghost estates in the country. From the Journal:Continue Reading
Ireland’s Realpolitik
From the Irish Independent newspaper an example of how the establishment in Ireland, political, media, business and judicial, differentiates betweenContinue Reading
Eat The Old
Back in September the journal.ie, an online Irish news and current affairs website, held a poll asking its readers ifContinue Reading
End Times In The United States
While some in the United States believe their nation is perched on the cusp of a very literal biblical apocalypseContinue Reading
Ireland’s Economy Or The Story Of The Lying Liars Who Lied
Ireland is officially out of its economic recession. Well, that is the somewhat tendentious claim made by the majority ofContinue Reading
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New Monument Discovered At Brú Na Bóinne
Ireland’s Brú na Bóinne (“Palace of the Bóinn”) is generally regarded as holding north-western Europe’s greatest concentration of intact prehistoric monuments withContinue Reading
Let Them Eat Cake!
In relation to the controversial government legislation covering personal bankruptcy (the Personal Insolvency Act 2012), the transcript of the followingContinue Reading
Ireland’s Export-Based Economy – Emigration, Emigration, Emigration
From Middle Class Political Economist: “July 31 saw the latest release of European Union unemployment numbers, and Monday’s gross domestic productContinue Reading
Facing Down The Randinistas
Here is a statement I suspect a significant number of Ireland’s citizenry would agree with. Most Irish economists are capitalistContinue Reading
Ireland’s United Political Culture
There is something definitely a bit iffy about Irish politics of late, both at a national and a regional level.Continue Reading
Banging The Far Right Drum
Go bhfóire Dia orainn! Only the Irish Independent newspaper, with its fanatical free market fetishism, could argue that Fine Gael isContinue Reading
Game Over Man, Game Over!
Michael Taft’s view on yesterday’s confirmation that Ireland is pretty much in a perpetual recession: “A good friend of mineContinue Reading
The Double Bono
Forget about the sense of aristocratic entitlement that apparently pervaded the membership of Ireland’s financial corporations. The heads of theContinue Reading
A Fake Economy In A Fake State
The benefits of Britain’s continued colonial rule over the north-east of Ireland? Fake shops for a fake economy. From theContinue Reading
Austerity – Basque Fight Versus Irish Flight
There is an interesting if understandably angry article by author James Petras at the Dissident Voice comparing the different reactionsContinue Reading
NAMA Wine Lake Closes – Irish Elites Breathe Easier
NAMA Wine Lake is no more. And so goes another keen observer of government and establishment misdoings while the craven media continuesContinue Reading
The Hedge Fund Barons – Mr Tepper
A video and song by Mick Blake dedicated to David Tepper, the American hedge fund manager and founder of Appaloosa Management whose involvement inContinue Reading
Ain’t Nothing Change But The Weather
One definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result each time. SoContinue Reading
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