Fine Gael ministers held a fund raising dinner in the Shelbourne Hotel where big legal and accountancy companies shelled out €550 a table to allow their representatives to run shoulders with government Ministers. But after a few drinks the blueshirts let their hair down and listened Michael O Leary, boss of Ryanair, stake out his…
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Richard Boyd Barrett: Spring Economic Statement
Spring Economic Statement 5:15pm Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) I thank Deputy Mac Lochlainn for pointing out the Government’s quite deliberate and studied contempt for the Technical Group but I take heart from the fact that the senior Ministers felt the need to walk out of the Chamber. It brought to mind…
The Economy Growns, but so Does Poverty
By Ed Harper People Before Profit Alliance (West Cork Branch) This government is renowned for its lying, but the explanation for why Kenny and crew claim there is growth and yet the signs of increasing poverty multiply is very straightforward. The purpose of the austerity policy which has been oppressing the whole of the EU…
Why Did the Irish State Appoint HSBC Executives to Key Positions?
People Before Profit has condemned the decision of Finance Minister Michael Noonan not to sack Michael Geoghegan from the advisory board of NAMA. In a statement, Brid Smith for People Before Profit said, ‘It is incredible that the world’s top organiser of tax dodging schemes should be acting as an advisor to NAMA. ‘Michael Geoghegan…
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