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National debate needed on future of Private P...
posted on: 10/04/2013
The country faces a very serious private pension crisis by 2060 unless immediate action is taken to address deficiencies in the system, according to Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Social Protection Willie O’Dea TD. Deputy O’Dea was speaking at...
Why we need to talk about Joan, James and Phi...
posted on: 10/04/2013
THREE weeks ago we learned of Enda Kenny’s big plan to take personal charge of reforms at the departments of Health and Social Protection, but what activity have we seen since? Well, not much. This may be down to the fact that the political...
Not a lot done and no sign either that it eve...
posted on: 22/03/2013
Two years ago, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore became Taoiseach and Tanaiste. On the day, an ebullient Enda Kenny announced that he was entering into “a covenant with the Irish people”. Last Wednesday, the Taoiseach and Tanaiste published a...
‘Deferral’ piles debt upon debt
posted on: 22/03/2013
HARDLY a day passes without calls from people worried by how the property tax will affect them. They are struggling to pay mortgages; battling negative equity; frustrated by how much they paid in stamp duty; or are beset by all three problems. Their...
Families sinking under mortgage debt need hel...
posted on: 18/02/2013
ALMOST three years ago, in the Sunday Independent of May 9, 2010, I argued the case for a radical approach to the then emerging mortgage arrears crisis. Proposing the idea of dividing mortgage debt between the bricks and mortar structure and the...
This is just a mock battle between paper tige...
posted on: 18/01/2013
Though normally a staple of the holiday TV schedules, none of the major TV networks ran either the 1981 or the 2010 version of Clash of the Titans this year. Perhaps this explains why two of the biggest egos in the Cabinet have decided to do their...
EU presidency means six months of unfettered ...
posted on: 18/01/2013
Next Tuesday Ireland assumes the rotating Presidency of the EU Council. Not only does this mean EU Ministerial meetings being hosted here both, it also means six months of unfettered spinning from the government’s handlers. As we saw from the...
Cast of Artful Dodgers fills Dickensian Cabin...
posted on: 18/01/2013
The Coalition provides obvious candidates for the roles of Scrooge, Heep and Micawber. No matter what age you are, you reach a point around the second or third week of December when the Christmas break cannot come soon enough. This can be due to...
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