The Irish Fiscal Compact referendum.

Today is referendum day in Ireland when every Irish adult has the opportunity to vote for or against the ratification to the Fiscal Compact. As I’m not an Irish citizen and my 16 years of paying tax here do not give me a right to vote I have to watch this one from the sidelines. [...]

We weave a tangled web…

DISCLAIMER:  I am no financial analyst, economist and any knowledge that I have in these areas is largely gained by reading. Hence the article below might contain wrong or incorrect conclusions or be just plain hyperbole on my behalf. However the facts mentioned and sources named are correct. Like so many people I was amazed [...]

Musical chairs EU style. Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and again..

Disclaimer: I am not an economist, finance expert or politician. Far from it. So you won’t see any statistics, graphs, academic references or even the slightest shred of evidence to back up my assertions and conclusions. What you will read however is my view of the current European (and global crisis) based on following a [...]

FAS(t)-tracking 20 million of money wasting…

In July of this year I blogged about an announcement that 20 million euro would be allocated to job creation for ex-Dell workers (and other people who have recently become un-employed) in the Limerick region. As I was looking to raise funding to kick-start the Greenhouse Incubator I discussed this funding with a few ministers. [...]

And who exactly do you work for again?

I recently emailed all Irish MEP’s in relation to an European Parliament vote on amendments in the “Telecom Package”. The content of the email was fairly straightforward and brought a few important issues in regards to this vote to their attention and asked if they could let me know their position on these issues. The [...]