Tag Archives: social action

Unemployment and Economic Fallacy

Posted on December 9, 2010 by

Europe and North America are at present suffering the ill effects of a severe economic downturn which is most visible in the rising levels of unemployment. To the economist and government policy maker, on the one hand, the question of … Continue reading →

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An Irish Show of Irish Strength

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

There once was a time, before the introduction of the blasphemy law (January 1st 2010), when one could find a comic picture postcard in the tourist trap shops of Dublin citing all the reasons why Jesus was Irish. It ran … Continue reading →

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A Spectre is Haunting Ireland – the Spectre of Fascism

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

One cannot help but be wryly amused by the accusation that the government and police authorities are fascists during this time of social discontent and upheaval. It sounds vaguely reminiscent of the language of the European student revolutionary movements of the … Continue reading →

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Revolutions are the Locomotives of History

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

Ireland has betrayed her children. No more can the republican rhetoric of the young state name the Saxon as the cause of all Irish woes; the current crisis was the cause of an wholly Irish government elected by the people … Continue reading →

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