With Ireland’s mortgage arrears crisis continuing to grow (see the chart below, showing the comparison of late stage mortgage arrears in European countries) the Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013 was Continue Reading →
Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan was in front of the Finance Committee on September 26, 2013. He was asked about the Anglo Tapes by many TDs, but I wanted to Continue Reading →
This week I took Leader’s Questions for the first time. I wanted to ask the Taoiseach about the minimum budgetary adjustment as required by the Troika, which is about €8.9bn Continue Reading →
A new inquiry into the banking crisis, if done properly, could really be quite helpful. Of course, there’s also every chance it will simply descend into ugly political nonsense. If Continue Reading →
As part of the national goal of meeting 40% of electricity demand with renewable energy by 2020, €500 million will be invested in the Eirgrid Gridlink Project, a new high Continue Reading →
I was on TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Browne last night, discussing reform/abolition of the Seanad and the types of Dáil reforms that have been suggested by the Government. Above is Continue Reading →