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SIPTU members in Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council marched to Dun Laoghaire Town Hall from the People's Park in March of this year in protest against attacks on the Croke Park Agreement. The government is reluctant to touch the pay of public sector workers

Will the budget be overtaken by events?

17 Oct Dan White investigates whether the Irish government will manage to pass a budget next December and, even if it does, will such a budget pass the test...

A quick getaway: Sean Fitzpatrick, former head of Anglo Irish Bank leaves debts of up to €45 billion behind him

Banks and government – joined at the hip

11 Oct With Ireland's banking and fiscal crises now inextricably linked, any proposed solution to one that doesn’t address the other is doomed to fail...

The government now faces a revenue shortfall of over E20bn; its future borrowing capacity is limited, particularly since Standard & Poor’s recent downgrading of the country’s credit rating, and extreme taxation has already proven to be disastrous as a means of creating revenue. Cutting public sector pay and pensions is the unpalatable reality the taoiseach must address

Spending cuts key to restoring public finances

20 Apr Government must cut public spending now to address the crisis dogging Ireland’s public finances or risk making this recession much, much worse