The government does not seem alarmed at the cost of the hospital, even while it squeezes teachers and Bus Eireann over far smaller sums, writes Andy Storey.
In 2015, Tesco group CEO Dave Lewis was paid £4.6 million. By contrast, the workers whose wages Tesco is now trying to cut are paid just over €14 per hour.
Public provision of public housing used to be commonplace in Ireland, but then we shifted to rely more on the market. It’s not working, says Andy Storey.
Should we pat ourselves on the back for not (yet anyway) embracing the electoral rise of the far right? Yes and no, writes UCD political economy lecturer Andy Storey.
One of the most powerful scenes in the coruscating new Ken Loach film “I, Daniel Blake” is set in a food bank in Newcastle, writes UCD lecturer Andy Storey.
Apart from the intense cutbacks and privations they have endured, what distinguishes the situation of Travellers is the racism which they regularly face.
Only political pressure can help the government finally admit to seeing the bad corporate behaviour all around it, writes UCD political economy lecturer Andy Storey.
