In the first of what is going to be a regular contribution to Mandate’s inhouse publication Union Post I argue that one year after taking office the evidence suggests that Fine Gael and Labour’s policy of austerity isn’t working.
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Austerity Is Not Working
Posted: February 29, 2012 in Austerity, Budget 2012, Economy, Irish Politics0
2011 – An interesting year for the Left
Posted: December 30, 2011 in Irish Left, Irish Politics, Labour, Sinn Féin, United Left Alliance2011 has been a very interesting year for the southern Irish party political left. The general election in February brought the largest number of left wing deputies into the Oireachtas in its 90-year history. Sixty-three TDs were elected on a variety of social democratic, left republican, revolutionary socialist and independent left platforms. The combined left [...]
Tonight with Vincent Browne 6 Sept 2011
Posted: September 6, 2011 in Economy, Irish Politics, LabourWatch Eoin Ó Broin debate the role of the Labour Party in Government with Joanna Tuffy TD, journalist Mick Clifford and historian Niamh Puirséil on Tonight with Vincent Browne here.
