Re-Generation Ireland

For the (re)generation of New Ireland based on an ethos of humanism and democratic socialism.

Entries for April, 2009

The issue of Irish Teachers’ pay: Facts not Fiction

Notes On The Front: April 27th Morning: The Recession Diaries.
In his blog yesterday, Michael Taft responds to the continuing attacks on teachers in the Irish school system, most recently by Ronan Lyons and the Sunday Independant doom squad.
In a quick summary; at first glance it seems that teachers in primary schools that have been working [...]

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Nationalisation still required - The Irish Times - Mon, Apr 27, 2009

Nationalisation still required - The Irish Times - Mon, Apr 27, 2009.
In possibly one of the best rebuttals of a Department of Finance advisor I have seen, especially in the public eye of the Irish Times Opinion columns, Dr. Brian Lucey (a rising media-star economist) effectively puts the debate on Irish bank nationalisation in a [...]

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Eircom: Topsy-Turvey Economics

I recently talked in a post about my fledgling experiences with economic thought when I disagreed with the privitization of Eircom. It seems those chaps over at progressive-economy.ie were good enough to do a piece on Eircom’s bartered history, and how now its worth €100million.
Paul Sweeney: The bid last week for Eircom is yet another [...]

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