From today’s Irish Times (I am one of the signatories) Wanted: emergency budget Sir, – It is now clear that austerity policies are not working. The domestic economy will remain recession this year. The Government has accepted that employment, consumer spending and investment will fall again. We are experiencing a worrying rise in income inequality, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Recession'
Not Our Debt
January 18th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
Launched today a new campaigning network of local and global justice organisations, Debt Justice Action. Next week we via our government are paying €1.25 billion in the latest payment of an unsecured Anglo bond. This will be followed by numerous other payments. Repayments not of home loans or debts that the general public ran up [...]
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You know #Budget12 is going to be bad when
December 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession
Labour backbenchers (when not appearing on all TV/Radio programmes whilst their FG counterparts hide in the bushes) are issuing pre budget leaflets like this. This is from Ciaran Lynch TD. If you see any other leaflets over the weekend let me know. Nothing about equality there… all about hard choices and long term approaches. In [...]
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National Association of Widows
November 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Recession, Social Policy
The stuff to give Labour and Fine Gael backbenchers bad dreams. Another thought is how rarely we see older women in the media.
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Taxing the wealth, for the common good
November 10th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
- Ireland has the second highest number of millionaires in the EU. – The 300 richest people in Ireland are worth close to €50bn. – Excluding housing values the top 1% control 34% of Ireland’s wealth. – The government plans to cut expenditure, services and infrastructure twice as much as they plan to raise in [...]
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ESRI paper on Active Labour Market Policies released
November 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Recession, Social Policy
Today the ESRI releases the first paper in a new series on Renewal. The study reviews international and national evidence on Active Labour Market Policies and their impact on getting those who are unemployed back into work. What Can Active Labour Market Policies Do, by Dr Elish Kelly, Dr Seamus McGuinness and Dr Philip O’Connell [...]
JobBridge an update
November 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
In a written answer to a question about the use of social media in highlighting training opporutnities from Dominic Hannigan, Ciaran Cannon replied that I believe that, in general, education and training providers should bear in mind the potential for using, where feasible, social media to assist job seekers and those seeking further training and [...]
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Claiming Our Future – Live Blog
November 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy, Uncategorized
Good Morning from Cork! Today I will be attempting to Liveblog from the Claiming Our Future event in the Millenium Hall in Cork City Hall. Today’s event is themed ‘An Economy for Society’. Claiming Our Future is a progressive movement for an equal, sustainable and thriving Ireland. There will be over 250 people present from [...]
JobBridge – Unscrupulous ‘employers’ and management of scheme criticised – TD
September 18th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
Following reports of the issue being raised at last weeks closed meeting of the Parliamentary Party in Tullow, Labour Party TD’s are now issuing press statements questioning the way in which JobBridge positions are being screened. Ged Nash TD (Louth) this afternoon has called exploitation of unemployed people on the scheme ‘shameless’. He called on [...]
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JobBridge – Vetting the vetters?
September 7th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Irish Politics, Recession, Social Media
Nothing seems to have changed in the vetting of advertisements for internships in the JobBridge programme. But members of the public are fighting back and vetting the adverts themselves – if you spot an advert which appears to be the provision of free labour to a private enterprise or replacement for a previously paying position [...]
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