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…
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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…
Do We Need Economic Experts?
By Michael O’Sullivan We are bombarded daily on our televisions and radio by economists lecturing us about what ‘we’ need to do to solve the economic crisis here and in Europe but should we listen to them? While we are encouraged to believe that economic matters due to their complexity can only be understood and…