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The notion that cutting local government spending wouldn’t save the country or bring justice to bankers, and therefore it shouldn’t be touched at all, is a logical fallacy, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 18 May, 2013
Bailed-out Ireland is to contribute an additional €90 million to the European Union to help plug a shortfall in its 2013 budget. Ludicrous? Yes – but it’s hardly a blip on the radar of incongruity that is the EU’s funny money parade, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 11 May, 2013
Despite soaring youth unemployment rates, there are two million job vacancies across Europe due to a lack of skilled individuals in specific sectors. It’s time to think strategically about how to fill the gaps, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 4 May, 2013
We ought to cull almost all state bodies and quangos and send them back to being offices within their respective departments – in order to free up government money to alleviate stresses on our frontline services, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 27 April, 2013
The only way to ensure the long-term prosperity of our retirees without burdening our children with unfair taxes is to create a state-backed – rather than entirely state funded – pension system that is means tested, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 20 April, 2013
We have been treating nurses and gardai as equal in importance to receptionists and quango directors, they are not equal in importance, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 13 April, 2013
A voluntary income tax system is not one where citizens choose whether to pay any tax at all, but instead gives the option of paying additional contributions services that go beyond the basic function of government, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 6 April, 2013
The EU needs to either get on with integration, proper banking and political union or separate into amicable trading partners and neighbours, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 30 March, 2013
Running in its first ever election, Direct Democracy Ireland came fourth with 6.5 per cent of the vote in Meath East, which could show the Irish people desire for a real change in how the country works, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 23 March, 2013
Fracking is an emotively driven environmental issue – but the Irish government could do worse than follow the UK in opening up the market here for exploration, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 16 March, 2013
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had his proposal to outlaw big sugary drinks shot down – but the incident has nevertheless raised questions about where personal freedom ends and government obligation begins, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 9 March, 2013
We’ve lost a colourful world leader who genuinely seemed to have the best interests of his people at heart. But the facts don’t lie – Chávez’s economic legacy is a warning against statist socialism, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 2 March, 2013
The success of Defence Forces reform could serve as a blueprint for correcting excesses in the wider public sector system, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 23 February, 2013
The knowledge that there is now €1 billion of wiggle room on the table could promote further reluctance to change, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 16 February, 2013
Cuts to garda pay and conditions are shameful and short-sighted – but officers have a civic duty that overrides any option of industrial action, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 9 February, 2013
The link between the State and the Magdalene laundries is clear – and survivors should be granted redress so they may have some comfort in the autumn of their lives, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 2 February, 2013
You may not agree with Sinn Féin, but criticising Gerry Adams for apologising is pure political point-scoring.
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Saturday 26 January, 2013
Those with mental health problems do not deserve the indignities they suffer – but they have always been the poor relation in our system.
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Saturday 19 January, 2013
The bureaucracy, waste and profligacy of the EU repulses many people, writes Aaron McKenna – so is it any surprise the UK might want to exit?
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Saturday 12 January, 2013
There are troubling restrictions on our free expression in Ireland. We should follow the US and give it explicit protection – even if that means some vitriol.
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Saturday 5 January, 2013
If it persuades people not to put off buying a car in 2013 – either through superstition or vanity – it will be a worthwhile exercise, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 22 December, 2012
And the solution is far more complex than equal-pay legislation – it goes to the roots of our social system.
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Saturday 15 December, 2012
We’re breaking the hiring freeze to staff our health service – and the new entrants will be taking the pay cuts nobody else wants.
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Saturday 8 December, 2012
The opposition’s reaction to Budget 2013 has been standard stuff. Will any party be credible the next time Ireland votes?
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Saturday 1 December, 2012
With another €3billion in austerity on the way, the Government’s economic forecasts are starting to look more like fairy tales.
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Saturday 24 November, 2012
The death of Savita Halappanavar shows once again that we delay proper action until an international outcry forces our hand.
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Saturday 17 November, 2012
Controversy over generous pension arrangements for executives means we risk throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
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Saturday 10 November, 2012
CSPE should educate on how the economy, government and tax fits together, rather than just how proportional representation works, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 3 November, 2012
So €4m in Irish aid may have been misappropriated in Uganda. Can we afford to keep giving – or can we afford to stop?
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Saturday 27 October, 2012
Real people power would look very different to this fiction of engagement.
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Saturday 20 October, 2012
Ireland’s ‘knowledge economy’ is actually waiting to happen, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 13 October, 2012
Fianna Fáil is hobbled and Sinn Féin aren’t credible – so Irish politics isn’t working properly.
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Saturday 6 October, 2012
A proxy war is under way against the Taoiseach from within his own party, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 29 September, 2012
Roisin Shortall’s resignation dominated the news this week – which may be a relief for some in Government.
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Saturday 22 September, 2012
Much Dáil business is an empty stage show – but there is a way we could make it better.
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Saturday 15 September, 2012
Our Government appears to be depending on another round of runaway price inflation, writes Aaron McKenna – but where does that leave us?
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Saturday 8 September, 2012
Labour isn’t happy in Government and Fianna Fáil merely snipe, writes Aaron McKenna. Why shouldn’t our two historically opposed parties get together?
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Saturday 1 September, 2012
These are financially difficult times – but that doesn’t mean we should abandon the big projects that advance human knowledge, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 25 August, 2012
Irish unions have an auspicious history – but many have lost touch with the reality of the modern jobs market, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Saturday 18 August, 2012
This idea is a cover for the Government’s ineptitude, writes Aaron McKenna. Have we forgotten the point of social welfare?
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