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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ireland’
The Irish Fiscal Compact referendum.
Posted: May 31, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: EU, ireland, austerity, fiscal compact, ems, referendum
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Musical chairs EU style. Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and again..
Posted: June 19, 2011 in news, UncategorizedTags: austerity, bailout, EU, greece, ireland, politics, portugal
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 [...]
Today the Queen is visiting Ireland, I am dedicating this post to her…
Posted: May 17, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: elizabeth, england, ireland, queen, royal
Why we shouldn’t get rid of parish-pump politics.
Posted: March 26, 2011 in news, UncategorizedTags: election, government, ireland, parish pump, parochialism
There has been much mention of the term “parish-pump politics” or parochialism in the last week since the publication of the Moriarty report. I wrote on my opinion on this report earlier this week. PoliticsDairy.com give a very plain description: “local politics concerning only minor or local issues”. However the popular (critical) definition refers to [...]
State of the nation..
Posted: May 29, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: banking, crisis, ireland, nama, politics
People who know me personally or those who follow me on Twitter know that I have very outspoken views on politics and how this country should be run. Because my rants are more often than not squeezed into 140 characters I think it is time to flesh them out a bit and put them in [...]
