November 5th Evening: The Recession Diaries
Mission accomplished! Unfortunately, the euphoria is short-lived as we return to the dismal news coming out of our own economy: unemployment rising to over 260,000 with the increase in October nearly...
View ArticleDecember 7th Evening: The Recession Diaries
Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 5. Put it in a roasting tray, season with salt and pepper and place on the middle rack. Cook for 20 minutes per pound and when finished take it...
View ArticleNovember 3rd Afternoon: The Recession Diaries
Everybody altogether – let’s help Shane Coleman. In his opinion piece in the Sunday Tribune yesterday Shane took us all to task for being selfish, greedy and indifferent to the economic crisis upon us....
View ArticleDecember 8th 2008: The Recession Diaries
David McWilliams has produced a table. In fact, two tables (I’ve collapsed it into one). Standing on these tables he spreads the gospel – in order to avoid bankruptcy and ‘decades’ of misery...
View ArticleDecember 11th Afternoon: The Recession Diaries
Did anyone catch it? Stephen Collins did but he didn’t give us the maths. When Minister Lenihan introduced the Finance Bill he made a small amendment in the new income levy, imposing an extra one...
View ArticleNovember 7th Afternoon: The Recession Diaries
Maybe I’m getting paranoid but I can’t help feeling that we’re being primed to blame the incoming Obama administration if our inflow of foreign investment starts drying up, resulting in massive...
View ArticleNovember 14th Evening: The Recession Diaries
Some on the Left are trying to put a brave face on the Irish Times poll today. ‘Consolidating’ support at 14 percent is one rationalisation. Another is that the Labour leader has the highest...
View ArticleDecember 15th Evening: The Recession Diaries
You know it’s getting bad when one of the leading bank economists goes on the national airwaves and suggests that the nation pray. On Morning Ireland we had a number of informed commentators giving us...
View ArticleForgotten Faces of Capitalism in Ireland, Agriculture and Fishing
As with the first article in this series, forgotten faces is more of a discussion piece than a finished analysis. It’s only in the later issues of The Ripening of Time, especially nos. 11 and...
View ArticleAttac groups across Europe in solidarity with the Greek people. We demand...
Statement on the Euro Crisis from ATTAC, the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions for the Aid of Citizens. We stand together for peoples-based solutions. Make finance pay and reclaim...
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