Archive for May, 2009

Dear David, I read your article (“Ditching the euro could boost our failing economy”, Irish Independent, May 6) with interest. Your articles are always stimulating. I feel the political and social imperatives of the euro outweigh any European territory´s economic problems, such as Ireland´s and indeed the euro has been to our advantage (look at…

An easy way to create more than 30,000 jobs in the services sector for Irish nationals who are currently on the dole is to remove the right of non-EU students to pursue employment in the state. Most of the genuine students (going to Universities, ITs etc..) don’t use this right anyway. Its only used by…

The knowledge of Vastu (Sthapatya Veda) was unfolded to the world or re-enlivened for the world by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in a public way in 2006 in an internet broadcast on Global Family Chat on http://www.maharishichannel.in . This brought to light ancient principles of architecture, where buildings should be built with correct orientation, in tune…

The incentives of our current voting system are all wrong. We need a list system to ensure that politicians and political parties (a) put national interests over local interests (b) put ideas and vision before potholes and “pork politics”, (c) stop spending their time in their own constituencies and spend it in the Dail, considering…

Hi, I returned to Ireland about two years ago and setup a software company. We currently have distribution in the US, Japan and Europe and are making a profit. I went to Enterprise Ireland to look for help in growing the business as I needed to take on 3 new employees to fulfill the distributors…

My idea comes from the premise that there is not enough business in Ireland to keep all the SME’s we have going. So they need to export their goods and services. To help this county enterprise boards should profile all the SME’s in their region and then with the help of Enterprise Ireland find suitable…

Ireland should switch from the use of brand name drugs to their generic equivalents. I grew up in the UK (where generic drugs have been the norm for years) and was shocked at the price of medication when I arrived here. Why would I pay several euro for a box of Nurofen when I was…

One of the things about crises is that they tend to blow the credibility of shibboleths out of the water.

One of the areas of topic that has arisen in the midst of this current economic mess is the the issue of taxation. The terms “tax exiles” , “tax reform” and “close the loopholes” etc… have been bandied about under the banner of “broaden the tax base” – without anyone (that I know of) coming…

After watching the Channel 4 documentary about accident and emergency departments in the United Kingdom coping with increasing numbers of drunks and also my own experiences as a nurse on the front line, I firmly believe that these individuals should be made to pay, financially, for their treatment. I think rather than billing the patients…