International human rights organisation the Centre for Economic and Social Rights yesterday published a report reviewing the impact of recession on human rights in Ireland. Mauled by the Celtic Tiger: Human Rights in Ireland’s Economic Meltdown reviews Ireland’s commitments to international human rights instruments, research and statistics available on the impact of austerity on Human, […]
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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, […]
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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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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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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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