Banking & Finance
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Caring at the end of life
While the Health Research Board has found that many terminally ill patients would prefer to die in a hospice than…
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Budget 2010
Macdara Doyle, of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), analyses Budget 2010 and argues that it is a “charter…
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2010 economic outlook: Fergal O’Brien
Fergal O’Brien, senior economist in IBEC’s policy division, argues that by “frontloading” the fiscal adjustment into the 2010 Budget, the…
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Stringent budget to please Brussels
Eamon Quinn analyses government reasoning for the harsh Budget. Most years the back-page documentation from the Department of Finance gives…
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A gentler route to recovery: David Begg
David Begg General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) spoke to Meadhbh Monahan about his view on…
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Fundamental change: Pat McLoughlin
The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes (An Bord Snip), recommended that fundamental changes…
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The price of the premium
Seamus McGuinness, economist with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), outlines their study on the differences between public and…
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An alternative: Peter McLoone
As debate intensifies over the future of public spending and services, Peter McLoone puts forward his views on reform, proposing…
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Delivering in a crisis: Pierce Martin
Pierce Martin contends that the effective risk management and communication is central to delivering a successful public policy agenda. It…
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Regulating the banks: Eugene McErlean
The absence of enforcement activity has been at the heart of the regulatory failure in the banking system, argues Eugene…
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