Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Banks, Government on May 20th, 2011 1 Comment »
When I first saw this image I found myself overcome with anger. The blog post in which it appeared made an argument which went beyond the rather dry academic discourse that usually accompanies economic analysis and the associated policy suggestions. Of course, the opacity of the language that economic arguments are couched in is designed […]
Posted in capitalism, Marx, Economy, Government on Nov 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
This is a lecture David Harvey gave on 14 November 2008 at the City University of New York Graduate Center. The MP3 is hosted on Harvey’s website, Reading Marx’s Capital.
Harvey begins the lecture by talking about the current banking crisis, and whether this is a fatal crisis for neoliberalism. He states quite quickly that […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Government, Health on Sep 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Yesterday, Padraic Flanagan, while giving testimony to the inquest on the death of his wife, Evelyn, allegedly because of obstetric haemorrhage after the birth of their second child at Castelbar General Hospital last October said:
“What should have been a joyous occasion for us all has turned into the most tragic of our lives with […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Government, Greens on Sep 16th, 2008 6 Comments »
In 1972 Rosita Sweetman wrote the following in her book, On Our Knees: Ireland 1972:
You may wonder why the Fianna Fail government doesn’t do something about controlling the price of land, the building of houses and general accommodation problems in a city bursting at the seams…If you are still sceptical, you might take a trip […]
Posted in Lisbon Treaty, Government, Ireland on Jun 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
Oh my oh my.
Already the recriminations.
The various EU representatives that have been on RTE today have all said the same thing, more or less. The Irish government is going to have to explain how the hell it lost this one. A spokesperson for Nicolas “hey! I’m fucking a model sideways!” Sarkozy said that the […]
Posted in Lisbon Treaty, Government, politics/Ireland on Jun 13th, 2008 11 Comments »
So. Brian Cowen has to go to Europe and explain why Ireland voted no.
Something tells me that he won’t win them over with a song on the back of a truck, nor will they accept that the Irish government lost the referendum through a bet on the horses.
Still. You never know.
P.S. It’s […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Government, Greens on Feb 26th, 2008 2 Comments »
Thanks to Simon of Irish Election for this one.
The Irish Green party has finally bit the bullet and has taken its first major stand on corruption since coming to power in June. It has decided to give its full support to anti-corruption activists - not in Ireland, mind, but in Columbia.
In a statement released on […]
Posted in muppets, Government, Greens, Politics on Dec 10th, 2007 12 Comments »
God bless YouTube.
I found these through a link from the Eoghan Harris clip. The first one is from October 2006, and it’s John Gormley warning us that Poolbeg is in danger of being built- despite Michael McDowell’s assurances that, if elected, he would use his cabinet seat to stop it from going ahead.
Now, […]
Posted in Education, Government on Nov 10th, 2007 No Comments »
I came across this via the BBC (Gawd bless ‘em). It a new online interactive game to help educate and inform people (especially young people) about the realities of being a refugee. The website, run by the UNHCR (Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees), states the point of the game as such:
In “Against […]
Posted in Fianna Fáil, Economy, irishness, Banks, Government on Oct 2nd, 2007 3 Comments »
Heads up to Random Walk for this one. And, ahem, McWilliams for the overdraft line. Ireland’s gross external debt increased by 262% under Fianna Fáil and the PDs, from around €521 billion in 2002, to over €1.36 trillion as of 30 June 2007. The gross external debt, according to the CSO, consists of “the gross […]
