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A Fine Gael tough budget would restore confidence
Friday the 27th of February 2009
OPINION: We need a new top tax rate, the metro must wait and Dáil costs have to be cut - right now, writes ENDA KENNY in an article in The Irish Times
Read Article >>New website called Ireland's Future.ie
Friday the 30th of January 2009
How we resolve the Lisbon Treaty impasse is critically important to Ireland because it will determine Ireland's future and the type of opportunities that will be available to us over the next 5 to 10 years. What is at stake is whether we put in place a framework for a successful future or we take a road where the destination is unknown.
Read Article >>Paul Krugman Nobel Lauteate on Economics on Moral Hazard
Wednesday the 14th of January 2009
Paul Krugman writes about banks in his book "The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008" A great read so go out and buy it.
Read Article >>A Fair deal for Dublin
Thursday the 1st of January 2009
Framework for a New Structure for Local Government in Dublin - Submission to Local Government Reform paper. By Dermot Lacey (Dermot Lacey is a Labour member of Dublin City Council, a former Lord Mayor of Dublin and Cathaoirleach of the Dublin Regional Authority. He is also a member of the City of Dublin VEC, the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly and a former member of the Dublin Docklands Development Council.)
Read Article >>Do World Leaders salaries reveal cultural attitudes to Civic Society?
Thursday the 18th of December 2008
World leaders' salaries in Euro are as follows
Read Article >>Rents continue to fall
Tuesday the 16th of December 2008
Over the last few years Irish retailers have complained that rents are too high, are undermining the competitiveness of the Irish retail economy and driven by an overvalued sterling market and an artificial market based on excessive house prices and lack of adequate regulation of the financial sector.. This recession has brought the artificial property market crashing back to reality.
Read Article >>Dublin City Centre's New Energy Efficient Christmas Tree - The Facts
Monday the 1st of December 2008
The facts about the new energy-efficient Christmas Tree in O'Connell Street
Read Article >>BUDGET 2009
Tuesday the 11th of November 2008
An Optimistic Budget for a deeply Pessimistic age
Read Article >>Funding the Dublin City Region
Sunday the 2nd of November 2008
At the launch of the Funding the Dublin City Region Report on 25th September 2008, The Lord Mayor, Councillor Michael Donnelly and others gave their full support for the Report
Read Article >>Luas Stops to re-open
Wednesday the 20th of August 2008
Connolly and Busáras Luas Stops will re-open on September 7th.
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