LABOUR POLICY IN FOCUS – DIGITAL IRELAND FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
31 January 2011
Next-generation broadband is an essential component of our economic recovery. The availability of high speed broadband is crucial for business and job creation, as well as being key to attracting outside investment. Despite the often touted rhetoric of the Smart Economy, Ireland lags significantly behind the EU and the OECD in many crucial aspects. The … Continue reading Labour Policy in Focus – Digital Ireland for the 21st Century
LABOUR POLICY IN FOCUS – ENTERPRISE, INNOVATION & GROWTH
31 January 2011
What Ireland needs is a clear vision on how our economy is to grow in the future and a strategy to implement this vision. We need to replace Fianna Fail’s casino economy with an investment economy, where innovation is promoted across all sectors, where there is an environment that promotes firm start-up and expansion, and … Continue reading Labour Policy in Focus – Enterprise, Innovation & Growth
CENTRAL BANK FORECASTS DESTROY CASE FOR DRACONIAN FF-FG CUTS PLANS
31 January 2011
At a time when most of Europe is growing again, and Germany is powering ahead, Ireland is still mired in recession. The Central Bank today revised down their economic growth forecasts for this year and next. They now expect that the massive €6bn budget adjustment will cause domestic economy, measured by GNP, to contract by … Continue reading Central Bank Forecasts Destroy Case for Draconian FF-FG Cuts Plans
COUNTDOWN TO CHANGE – GENERAL ELECTION 2011
28 January 2011
LABOUR PROPOSES TIMETABLE FOR DEBATE ON FINANCE BILL
24 January 2011
The Labour Party has published a draft timetable for the Finance Bill that would enable all stages to be completed by Thursday in the Dail and by Friday in the Seanad. This would allow the Dail to be dissolved on Saturday and an election called for February. The Labour Party has never accepted the Fianna … Continue reading Labour Proposes Timetable for Debate on Finance Bill
50 DAYS TO CHANGE IRELAND: IT’S TIME TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK
20 January 2011
At last we know. The Election will be held on Friday 11th March – 50 days from today. Now its up to us. We have 50 days to bring real change to our country. To elect a Government that will go to work on behalf of the Irish people. Ireland has many difficulties, … Continue reading 50 Days to Change Ireland: It’s Time to Take Our Country Back