Posted in Irish Capitalism, Irish Society, Irish History on Feb 4th, 2012 No Comments »
In October 2011 Pat Rabbtte gave out thirteen licenses to twelve companies (press release here). The amount of blocks left around Ireland can be seen in this PDF map here, and the way it is done in the UK and other countries is explained in this SIPTU document from last year, available here (see pages […]
Posted in Irish Society, Irish History, Property, Ireland on Jan 23rd, 2012 No Comments »
This is a comparison between the number of vacant housing units uncovered by last year’s census, compared with the social housing needs of the state on a county-by-county basis, as provided by the Dept. of the Environment.
The excel file of this information is here.
Below is a graph of the ratio of vacant housing to social […]
Posted in Irish Society, Irish social history, Irish History, Irish Labour History on Jan 3rd, 2012 7 Comments »
This is something I’m thinking of running some time this year. All very rough at the moment but I’ll put up my notes on designing the course as I work through it, and sure see what happens.
I think something like this is needed. However, in order to make it viable, it needs to have a […]
Posted in Irish Capitalism, Irish working Class Culture, Irish Working Class, Irish History on Dec 21st, 2011 No Comments »
While the media parrots the mantra that “we are where we are”, episode six helps explain how we got here and what we can do about it. Author and historian Conor McCabe provides a crash-course in the causes of the crash, while Jedward offer their hair-raising take on Irish history (via Cutbacks.ie). A packed show […]
Posted in Irish Society, Irish Economy, Irish social history, Irish History on Oct 19th, 2011 No Comments »
[Photo from Occupy Cork]
I’ll be speaking at Occupy Cork, South Mall, this Thursday at 4pm and 7.30pm.
The 4pm talk will be on housing in Ireland ;
The 730pm talk will be on banking in Ireland.
https://www.facebook.com/occupycork
Posted in Irish Marxism, Irish property bubble, Sins of the Father, Irish Society, Irish Economy, Irish Working Class, Irish social history, Irish History on Jul 21st, 2011 2 Comments »
Many thanks to Budapestkick for recording Conor’s talk at the Cork launch of Sins of the Father in Solidarity Books, which he sent on to me today. Due to some technical difficulty getting the files online he suggested I host them here. By all accounts it was a great evening, a full house and from […]
Solidarity Books Main Talk: Play Now | Play in Popup Solidarity Books Questions Part 1: Play Now | Play in Popup Solidarity Books Questions Part 2: Play Now | Play in Popup Solidarity Books Questions Part 3: Play Now | Play in PopupPosted in Sins of the Father, Irish Marxism, Irish Society, Irish History, Irish Labour History on Jul 11th, 2011 No Comments »
I’ve been praising this book since I first came across it about three years ago.
It is a hard book to track down, but in terms of Irish left-wing analysis I believe it to be essential reading.
To quote from p.18, where Eipper outlines the macro framework he brings to bear on his study of the […]
Posted in Sins of the Father, Irish Capitalism, Irish social history, Irish History, Irish Labour History on Jul 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
Recent developments highlight the remarkable contrast which has existed for almost a century-and-a-half between the fortunes of the Irish banking system and of Irish society. Few banking systems in the world have enjoyed such protracted, unbroken prosperity as the Irish banking system. By contrast, no country in the world can match Ireland’s record of political […]
Posted in Irish History on Jun 14th, 2011 1 Comment »
[From Dr. Adrian Grant]
I am currently in the process of establishing a new online Irish history magazine called Scoláire Staire (History Scholar). The projected release date is October 2011 but we are currently looking for authors among the postgrad and recently graduated Phd community in Irish universities. If you have any ideas for short articles, […]
Posted in Economy, Irish Marxism, Irish Society, Irish Economy, books, Irish History, Ireland on Jun 10th, 2011 11 Comments »
As readers may no doubt already be aware Conor’s book Sins of the Father: Tracing the Decisions that Shaped the Irish Economy is available from the publisher The History Press, Ireland and various online book retail outfits. It’s due in bookshops tomorrow.
This is a significant event, certainly within the history of this blog, and […]
