Comments for Paddy Healy's Blog http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com In defence of Education and the Public Services Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on No Academic Freedom at Economic and Social Research Institute by The Irish Economy » Blog Archive » Tol goes bye bye http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/no-academic-freedom-at-economic-and-social-research-institute/#comment-662 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:50:32 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1157#comment-662 [...] Philip asked me to comment on the recent media coverage of my person (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17). [...]

]]> Comment on ESRI In Denial-Opinion Slot for Director in IRISH TIMES by Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » ESRI In Denial http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/esri-in-denial-irish-times/#comment-654 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:21:49 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1168#comment-654 [...] “The Irish Times (Jan 12) has given free rein to the ESRI to cover up its past. Above all, ESRI failed to give adequate warning of the danger to the Irish economy from the combination of excessive bank borrowing abroad and excessive lending both at home and abroad …” (more) [...]

]]> Comment on No Academic Freedom at Economic and Social Research Institute by EWI http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/no-academic-freedom-at-economic-and-social-research-institute/#comment-649 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:03:28 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1157#comment-649 I’d caution against taking Richard Tol’s statements at face value. He’s a past master at tailoring his right-wing message for deniability – what you think he means often isn’t the case.

]]> Comment on No Academic Freedom at Economic and Social Research Institute by 2things http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/no-academic-freedom-at-economic-and-social-research-institute/#comment-648 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:27:15 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1157#comment-648 One supposes that economists remaining at the ESRI are happy with the setup, even as our economy and society buckle under policies which they by-and-large endorse.

ESRI gurus are wheeled into national media discussions as if their views were gospel, and they conduct themselves accordingly. Their pronouncements have taken a noticeably conservative, pro-establishement tone of late.

How convenient for their careers, and how disastrous that the country appears not to have an independent economic authority beyond the professional neo-liberals who lecture us daily.

]]> Comment on No Academic Freedom at Economic and Social Research Institute by Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » No Academic Freedom at Economic and Social Research Institute http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/no-academic-freedom-at-economic-and-social-research-institute/#comment-647 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:05:17 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1157#comment-647 [...] “Professor Richard Tol recently departed from the Economic and Social Research Institute. In an interview with Colm Keena (Irish Times Jan 2) he criticised the lack of academic freedom at the Institute …” (more) [...]

]]> Comment on Labour Reduces Free Heat Units to Poor this winter by Kieran Stafford http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/labour-reduces-free-heat-units-to-poor-this-winter/#comment-599 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:27:11 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1110#comment-599 SVP have encountered elderly people who have had to go to bed at 7 in the evening to stay warm, I would have thought that these are the people the Labour Party should be protecting. Joan Burton who is an accountant now says the Labour Party is the party of the worker, does that mean that unemployed, disabled and retired are not under their protection? Maybe they should seek protection from the right wing parties instead. and yes all that is totally absurd.

]]> Comment on Labour Reduces Free Heat Units to Poor this winter by Andy Moore http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/labour-reduces-free-heat-units-to-poor-this-winter/#comment-598 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:38:11 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1110#comment-598 How many must die! for the follies of the wealthy ?

]]> Comment on How ICTU Failed US:For Election,Re-Election of General Secretaries by Ireland's lousy trade union movement: a polemic - Page 5 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/how-ictu-failed-us-for-electionre-election-of-general-secretaries/#comment-587 Sun, 15 May 2011 14:58:32 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=1024#comment-587 [...] [...]

]]> Comment on “Public Sector workers yet again asked to make sacrifices” Commentary by Kieran Allen, SIPTU Ed Branch Pres. by Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » ‘Public Sector workers yet again asked to make sacrifices’ http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/%e2%80%9cpublic-sector-workers-yet-again-asked-to-make-sacrifices%e2%80%9d-commentary-by-kieran-allen-siptu-ed-branch-pres/#comment-585 Mon, 02 May 2011 12:46:02 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-585 [...] “… In addition to the general ‘give backs’ there are four additional ones that are required of all staff in universities and higher education institutes. 1. Every staff member will have to work an extra hour a week ‘at the discretion’ of management ‘to facilitate teaching, research and learning. That covers everyone in higher education …” (more) [...]

]]> Comment on Pension Levy to Be Imposed on Pensions of Current and future Retired Public Servants in Budget by Ninth Level Ireland » Blog Archive » Pension Levy to Be Imposed on Pensions of Current and future Retired Public Servants in Budget http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/pension-levy-to-be-imposed-on-pensions-of-current-and-future-retired-public-servants-in-budget/#comment-584 Mon, 02 May 2011 12:30:27 +0000 http://paddyhealy.wordpress.com/?p=864#comment-584 [...] “Reports are circulating from reputable journalists that the pension levy on serving public servants is to be extended to retired public servants in the forthcoming budget. As you know, this is just a selective and discriminatory tax and has no bearing on pension …” (more) [...]

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