Profound crises often trigger new forces. Is this about to happen in the stale wasteland of Irish politics? Irish Times December 15 ALL OF the opinion polls over the last two years propose that the next government will be comprised of a coalition of the centre-left and the centre-right. Public debate has thus focused on [...]
Archive for December, 2010
A lesson from Iceland: say you’re mad as hell and are not going to take it any more
11 Dec 10
It’s official – Iceland is emerging from recession, with growth up in the last quarter, and inflation and interest rates down. What lessons can we learn from our North Atlantic neighbours, and can Ireland follow Iceland out of the financial doldrums? Irish Times December 11 THE PRESIDENT OF ICELAND, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, expressed his deep [...]
