public sector vs private sector

How do we unlock Northern Ireland’s tremendous potential?

Shane Greer on October 21, 2014, 8:00 am

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I still remember the spring of 2001. The palpable excitement I felt about something I’d dreamed of since my adolescence and, with sixth form drawing to a close, was finally in a position to realise: leaving Northern Ireland. I was one of the almost 18,000 who emigrated that year, a number that rose to just over 25,000 in 2012-13. And whereas net migration in Northern Ireland was positive the year I left, it has since turned negative (and skews even …

Five Irish parties avoid the unpalatable truth

Mick Fealty on October 25, 2010, 8:30 am

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Eoghan Harris does his best to separate the Labour Party from its Connellian heritage and argues that Connelly himself would be less than impressed with Eamon Gilmore’s one way bet on the public sector interest. That of course is a moot point, but he notes that the roots of the problem lie with Fianna Fail’s bizarre benchmarking deals of 2002: Let’s start with pay. Peter Cassells, the respected former leader of the ICTU, says the Irish economy cannot recover until …