Short-sighted economic policy?
Property bubble burst?
Severe credit-crunch?
Erectile dysfunction?
If you are ticking all of the above boxes, (except maybe, ahem, the last one), then you’re probably in Ireland in 2008, or Sweden in 1992.
Sixteen years ago, Sweden was looking down the barrel of an insolvent gun. Its housing bubble had burst, resulting in a credit crunch […]
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I was going through some old files on my hard drive and came across these scans of letters from Connolly that I had picked up a couple of years ago. They relate to his time in New York. The first letter is dated 28 January 1907, the last one, 6 June 1910.
For more on […]
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Sometimes, just sometimes, ideology can be piss-funny. I mean, intentionally so, not in an Eoghan Harris piss-funny kind of way. The following is taken from Wikipeida:
La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?, in English, “Can Dialectics Break Bricks?”, is a 1973 Situationist film produced by the French director René Viénet which explores the resolution of conflict […]
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There is no such thing as a classless capitalist economy. Nor is it possible to have a functioning economy comprised of middle-management and professionals. Yet, Irish common sense insists that the southern state is a free-market capitalist economy with no class issues, because the vast majority are middle class. But, with no class issues […]
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There is nothing new in saying that when it comes to the economy, the Irish Labour party is Billy-no-mates. Michael Taft has covered this topic on Notes On The Front, while Damian O’Broin pre-empted my article in a comment he left yesterday. It is downright bizzare that criticism of government economic policy has been left […]
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So he goes. According to RTE news Pat Rabbitte, leader of the Labour Party, is to resign this afternoon.
“Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte is expected to announce his resignation this afternoon.
In a statement, the Labour Party confirmed that ‘a major announcement’ would be made at a press conference at 3.30pm.
The Mayo native was first elected […]
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The summer school opens this Friday, 24 August at the ATGWU hall on Abbey Street, the theme of which is Republicanism and Labour. Among the many excellent speakers is Dr. Emmet O’Connor, Ireland’s foremost authority on Irish labour history. This is a rare enough opportunity to hear Dr. O’Connor speak in Dublin, and well worth […]
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Rumours abound that Pat Rabbitte has set upon a five year strategy that will see the eventual merger of the Labour party with Fine Gael. Having already handed Mary McAleese an uncontested victory, and messed up Labour’s election with the Mullingar Accord, the party leader has apparently set upon the task of bringing the Labour […]
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The general election has produced three general areas of discussion: the failure of Sinn Féin to make any breakthrough; Fine Gael’s 20 new seats; and the commuter belt saved Fianna Fáil. There is, however, one topic that remains in the background - the fact that Enda Kenny will never be elected Taoiseach.
The late swing towards […]
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How was the election for you? It’s a question that is perhaps a little premature as it’s still dragging on, with FG leader Enda Kenny, like a WWF contender knocked to ground by a devilish leg swing from an opponent he confidentially thought was floored, swinging back with the kitten punches of a child.
On […]
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