Posted in fuckwits, Irish journalism on Jan 9th, 2012 No Comments »
For my sins I went onto the Irish Times website this morning - and front and centre was an article by Conor Pope, the essence of which said that now is a good time to buy a house in Ireland.
Here’s a collection of quotes from the Irish Times over the past five years, from articles […]
Posted in fuckwits, Irish journalism on Dec 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Posted in Irish journalism, Irish Working Class, Ireland on Dec 19th, 2011 No Comments »
LookLeft 9 – in the shops tomorrow – only €2 - includes;
Reports on student protests, Occupy Dame Street, turf wars in Kildare, AFA action against Nick Griffin, defending health services, the community fight against drugs, Occupy Wall Street, the sex industry, doctors in El Salvador, Ship to Gaza, turmoil in Egypt, the Greek Communist Party […]
Posted in Irish journalism, Irish Society on Oct 17th, 2011 No Comments »
The scare stories surrounding Irish credit unions are about banks grabbing that share of the lending market - nothing else.
Take this piece of logic from RTE yesterday:
Irish credit unions are significantly under-lent, with an average loan to asset ratio of 42.45%. This compares with an average loan-to-asset ratio of 177% in the banking sector, […]
Posted in fuckwits, Irish journalism on Oct 14th, 2011 No Comments »
Posted in Irish journalism on Oct 6th, 2011 1 Comment »
LookLeft - in Easons countrywide and good independent book and newsagents
In this issue of LookLeft -
Can trade unions lead a fight back? Paul Dillon examines the strategic choices which face the trade union movement North and South
LookLeft looks at how class defines health Outcomes
Nama plays no constructive economic role so why was it created asks […]
Posted in Irish journalism, irish culture on Sep 25th, 2011 3 Comments »
rabble is a non-profit, newspaper from the city’s underground. It’s collectively and independently run by volunteers. rabble aims to create a space for the passionate telling of truth, muck-raking journalism and well aimed pot-shots at illegitimate authority. We stand within, and with, Dublin as it struggles from below against the ghost of the Celtic Tiger […]
Posted in Irish Capitalism, Irish journalism on Aug 19th, 2011 13 Comments »
Posted in fuckwits, Irish journalism, Banks on Aug 8th, 2011 2 Comments »
Dan O’Brien, economics editor of the Irish Times, on Saturday:
“LAST WEEKEND the world’s attention was on Washington DC as America’s politicians peered into the abyss of sovereign default. On Sunday they stepped back. This weekend attention is on Rome and Madrid. Politicians in those two capitals are sliding towards the same abyss.”
This is Dan O’Brien […]
Posted in Sins of the Father, Irish journalism, Banks on Jul 21st, 2011 No Comments »
[Interesting to observe the bemused attitude that the Irish Times took towards the Celtic Tiger when the phrase first appeared in Autumn 1994. The paper, quite correctly, saw it as an accounting exercise, nothing more than the shuffling of paper by accountants. It also found the lurid prophecies of the ESRI to be quite […]
