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QUISLING

Posted in Labour, Ireland on May 31st, 2012 No Comments »


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Richard Murphy | Towards a New Tax Consensus

Posted in Tax on May 31st, 2012 No Comments »

Richard Murphy | Towards a New Tax Consensus
The following excerpt is from the Executive summary of a paper on Tax Reform written by Tax Justice advocate Richard Murphy and published by a new UK leftwing think tank, Class: Centre of Labour and Social Studies, which was set up by Unite in the UK, the GMB and […]

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GOOSIE GOOSIE GANLEY, WHERE SHALL WE WANDER?

Posted in Irish Capitalism on May 29th, 2012 1 Comment »

Spotted in St. Stephens Green this morning, next to the ducks.

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EAMON GILMORE GOOGLED

Posted in Ireland on May 23rd, 2012 8 Comments »

so proud of this… Type “eamon gilmore” into google and my image of him telling the Irish working class to go f**k themselves comes up on the first page.

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LIBERATION ON MAIN STREET

Posted in Bankrupt ireland on May 23rd, 2012 No Comments »


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IRISH BANKS AND CREDIT FORMATION/DIRECTION, 1988-1998

Posted in god's away on business, Banks, Irish Economy on May 21st, 2012 No Comments »

[Source: Central Bank of Ireland Annual and Quarterly Reports, 1988-1998]
Graph outlining the explosion in new Irish bank credit directed towards financial sector and personal lending (including mortgages) before and during the so-called ‘celtic tiger’ years.
Irish bank credit directed towards manufacture barely rises until the late 1990s - it actually drops during the early […]

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Mandate: Vote No to the Austerity Treaty

Posted in EU, Ireland on May 21st, 2012 No Comments »


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ALL ABOARD THE FISCAL BANDWAGON

Posted in Ireland on May 17th, 2012 No Comments »


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And then ‘Geldof Exploded’

Posted in Bastards on May 17th, 2012 7 Comments »

“It has taken me a long time to understand that there is a connection between colonial powers and corruption. “The United Kingdom has maintained its privileges by allowing British companies to operate from their own tax havens. The expansion in the use of these jurisdictions has a link to decolonisation. It is a modern form […]

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Vote Yes to ensure corporate profitability and tax protection for international organisations

Posted in Bastards on May 17th, 2012 3 Comments »

From an Irish Times report on Michael Noonan’s speech to the Bloomberg economic summit in Dublin yesterday.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan today warned voting Yes in the upcoming EU fiscal treaty referendum on May 31st would be a “leap in the dark” and a “dangerous leap but that Irish citizens should take it”.
He […]

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