Posted in History, Ireland on Jan 29th, 2012 No Comments »
This conference will take place on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 March 2012 in the seminar room of the National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The cost to attend is €15 for the two days, which is payable on the day at registration. Those interested in attending, please contact Brian Casey: briancasey03@gmail.com in […]
Posted in Irish Capitalism, Irish Society, Banks on Jan 29th, 2012 No Comments »
This is a drawing of the wallchart I used during the talk I gave at yesterday’s Unlock Nama demonstration.
Posted in Irish Middle Class on Jan 29th, 2012 No Comments »
For more, see the CSO report here.
Posted in events, Sins of the Father on Jan 29th, 2012 No Comments »
I’m giving a talk this Wednesday (1 February), the venue is the Fresh Claim Cafe, 48 King Street, Belfast.
It starts at 7.30pm and Socialist Democracy are the organizers of the event.
Posted in Irish Society, Irish History, Property, Ireland on Jan 23rd, 2012 No Comments »
This is a comparison between the number of vacant housing units uncovered by last year’s census, compared with the social housing needs of the state on a county-by-county basis, as provided by the Dept. of the Environment.
The excel file of this information is here.
Below is a graph of the ratio of vacant housing to social […]
Posted in fuckwits, Labour, Fine Gael on Jan 23rd, 2012 1 Comment »
For more, see here.
Posted in fuckwits, Ireland on Jan 22nd, 2012 9 Comments »
So the next time politicians poo-poo the notion of a second bailout, perhaps we can remind them of the politically difficult but beneficial reforms the IMF has effected in this country, not to mention the rock-bottom interest rates charged on the bailout. The reforms however are far from complete, so a second bailout and further […]
Posted in obituary on Jan 21st, 2012 6 Comments »
I will not yield
I will not fall
I will eat dynamite
and one day I will explode like a volcano
Posted in Irish housing, Ireland on Jan 21st, 2012 No Comments »
Djouce Meadow, Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, is on the Department of the Environment’s list of estates which are exempt from the household charge.
The exemption is because the estate is a category three or category four unfinished estate.
Despite this, despite the official recognition that the estate is at present unfit for purpose, the houses are not only […]
Posted in Labour, politics/Ireland on Jan 21st, 2012 No Comments »
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