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 the launch of a Fianna Fáil discussion

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 spotlight

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 progress report on the implementation of

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 stories are

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 plot of land

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