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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | John McManus |John Mcmanus
The yawning gap between the salaries paid to senior executives and the wages of their workers is just one of the many drivers of the discontent that permeates even apparently prosperous and stable liberal democracies such as our own. Figures for the scale of the gap are astounding.
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4 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | John McManus |John Mcmanus
Another week, another warning that Ireland is not going to achieve the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions agreed with the EU and as a result, will face “billions” in fines. This time it took the form of an Environmental Protection Agency forecast that we will achieve reductions of 23 per cent by 2030, compared to our target of 51 per cent.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | John McManus |John Mcmanus
The Central Bank’s investigation into the collapse of the Irish Nationwide Building Society (INBS) – which concluded with publication of a report last week – followed a depressingly familiar pattern. First there was anger. Lots of anger. The collapse of the building society in 2010 led to a €5.4 billion bailout. It was a disproportionately large part of the €45.7 billion bill for bailing out the banking sector during the financial crisis.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | John McManus |John Mcmanus
The scene opens ... it is early summer in Connemara. Dusk is falling. A black Range Rover with 27 D plates approaches Roundstone from the east. The driver slows, dims the lights and pulls over. The woman in the passenger side turns around and speaks to her two children in the back seat. “Okay, kids, let’s go over it again in case we are stopped by the men ... ”“Where are we going?” she asks. The woman turns back to the man. “What if they don’t believe us?”“It’s cool. I have made an online booking.
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1 month ago |
irishtimes.com | John McManus |John Mcmanus
The news that rents are climbing at their fastest rate in 20 years and have passed €2,000 a month nationally should, in theory, put the kibosh on any plans to lift the cap on rents that applies in pretty much every urban area of the State. The Government has been trailing the idea since the last election, based on the premise that it will kick-start development, particularly the sort of large apartment schemes considered crucial to making a dent in the housing shortage.
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