Socioeconomy

NCB analysis provides some clarity on government's options re bondholders

NCB have published a very interesting analysis of the

General Election Briefing 2011

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Social Justice Ireland's General Election Briefing 2011

Irish government liabilities at €151bn at end of September 2010 - and rising

Government liabilities are now in excess of €151bn.

Should Ireland pay the debts run up by gambling bankers and speculators?

An article by financial journalist Michael Lewis in next month’s Vanity Fair argues that Ireland will have no choice but to default on the private debt (i.e.

Central Bank forecast for economic growth much lower than Government announced in Budget 2011

The latest Central Bank Quarterly Bulletin has produced growth predictions that are substantially lower than those contained in the Government’s Budget.

The EU/IMF Bailout is unjust and unfair - it should be re-negotiated

Social Justice Ireland believes that:

Full text of the EU/IMF Programme Documents - published December 1, 2010

Full text of the EU/IMF Programme Documents can be downloaded below.

Full text of the EU/IMF Programme Documents

Full text of the EU/IMF Programme Documents can be accessed here

Details of Bailout programme measures: fiscal, structural reforms and bank measures

Fiscal Measures in the Programme  Taxation  Lowering of personal income tax bands and credits or equivalent measures 

The EU Commission, the IMF and the Irish Government continue to insult Ireland's poor and vulnerable people

The insult to Ireland’s poor and vulnerable people originally perpetrated by EU Commissioner for Economic and Monitory Affairs, Mr Olli Rehn (when he refused to meet representatives of these groups