Ireland’s total tax-take is far below the EU average according to statistics published June 28, 2010 by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency. This publication shows that across the EU the total…
László Andor, the European commissioner for employment and social affairs, has raised concerns that the austerity programmes being developed by national governments to address the present crisis…
Key features of the UK budget
On the economy:
· Growth is forecast to be 1.2% this year taking into account the measures announced in this Budget. It is…
All details of the UK Budget announced on June 22, 2010 are available here
Key features of the UK budget On the economy:
· Growth is forecast to be 1.2% this year…
The European heads of government have produced a strategy for the next ten years that is underwhelming to say the least. The development model on which it is built is lop-sided. The target it has…
This is one man’s story of how he came to have a Basic Income for the rest of his life. His name is Karl Widerquist. He is Visiting Associate Professor in Philosophy, Georgetown University School…
On June 10, 2010 former Taoiseach Dr. Garret FitzGerald launched “Act Now on 2015”, a campaign led by 61 anti-poverty organisations to call on Government to deliver on its promise to reach…
Ireland’s banking crisis bears the clear imprint of global influences, yet it…
The full text of the Honohan Report on the Irish Banking Crisis Regulatory and Financial Stability Policy can be can be downloaded below.
This Report covers the period from the…
Social Justice Ireland has challenged the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, to reject the proposal being attributed to him and his Department in recent days that all adjustments in…
