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THE JOYS OF HAVING THE IFSC AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ON YOUR DOORSTEP…

Posted in Irish Middle Class on Jan 29th, 2012 No Comments »

For more, see the CSO report here.

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MARTIN MCGUINNESS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF IRELAND

Posted in Irish Middle Class, Ireland on Sep 17th, 2011 No Comments »


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IN CLASSLESS IRELAND WE SHARE THE BURDEN

Posted in Irish Middle Class, Irish Society, politics/Ireland on Jul 24th, 2011 No Comments »


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Book Launch and Talk: Sins of the Father by Conor McCabe, at 8pm, Tuesday 19 July

Posted in Irish Middle Class, Sins of the Father, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Irish Working Class, Irish social history, Irish Labour History on Jul 14th, 2011 No Comments »

[From Solidarity Books]
Solidarity Books is pleased to present a talk and book launch by Conor McCabe (of the blog “Dublin Opinion) on his new book, “Sins of the Father”.
The talk, which will be on the general thesis of the book – tracing the decisions that shaped the Irish economy over the last eight decades and […]

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Upholders of The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity

Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Comedy, Irish Middle Class on May 31st, 2011 2 Comments »

And then I remembered Carlo Cipolla’s brilliant essay on The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity (Allegro ma non troppo pub. Critica 1992) which identified the third (and golden) basic law, which states: A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain […]

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SOME OBSERVATIONS ON EMPLOYMENT AND CLASS IN IRELAND, 2004-2010

Posted in Irish Middle Class, Irish Economy, Irish Working Class, Working Class on Apr 19th, 2011 No Comments »

Since 2008, the number of middle class jobs in Ireland has fallen by about five per cent. During the same time, the number of working class jobs has fallen by about 15 per cent - three times the rate of that for professional and managerial occupations.
However, when we look at the amount of jobs lost […]

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YOU’RE ONLY A SCUMBAG ADDICT IN IRELAND IF YOU ARE POOR

Posted in irish culture, Irish Middle Class on Dec 29th, 2010 6 Comments »

President Mary McAleese led tributes to Ryan, describing him as “an extraordinarily talented broadcaster whose unique communication skills and larger than life persona entertained and enlivened a national audience over many years”. (Irish Times, 30 April 2010)
Senator Prendergast described the popular presenter as a man with amazing confidence, a larger than life persona and a […]

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‘We wish to resuscitate the speculative builder’

Posted in Irish Middle Class, Irish social history on Aug 7th, 2010 1 Comment »

Not from the Celtic Tiger years, but from 1925, and spoken by this man: the President of the Irish Free State, William Thomas Cosgrave.
It comes from a debate in the Dáil on 1 April 1925 [link here, paragraph 1675].
A few brief lines by way of background and context.
On the eve of the First World War […]

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PREDICTING THE FUTURE WITH THE ESRI

Posted in Irish Middle Class, Irish Economy on Jul 23rd, 2010 12 Comments »


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OH MY OH MY: THE IRISH MIDDLE CLASSES LOVE THEIR MICKEY MONEY

Posted in Irish Middle Class on Jul 22nd, 2010 5 Comments »

Had to laugh at the excuses as to why Child Benefit cannot be means-tested/taxed.
Apparently the Department of Finance is saying that such a tax could be unfair and problematic.
Is that the criteria for the Department of Finance scuppering a tax? That it’s unfair? Problematic? Couldn’t reform the tax credit system to take allowance of […]

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