Citizens Republic

“Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself” Wittgenstein

The article that the wealthy in Ireland would not write

Below is a link to an article by Warren Buffet published in the New York Times today with the headline “A Minimum Tax for the Wealthy”. It is the kind … Continue reading

November 26, 2012 · Leave a comment

RTE’s changed debate protocols makes a case for bias

RTE’s General election leaders debate, why were different rules followed for presidential programme? So RTE “regrets the mistakes made in the preparation and in the broadcast” of the Frontline presidential … Continue reading

November 19, 2012 · Leave a comment

Why were there no austerity protests in Dublin?

“Hundreds of thousands of Europeans mounted one of the biggest co-ordinated anti austerity protests across the continent” on 14th November according to the Guardian newspaper. However, there were no protests … Continue reading

November 16, 2012 · Leave a comment

Sellafield’s £67 billion clean up bill

Why is this not a crisis? For more than half a century the British Government and the companies it hired have failed to safely store nuclear waste at the Sellafield … Continue reading

November 8, 2012 · Leave a comment

Legislation on voting rights would prove the Gathering is not a scam

So much kudos to Irish actor Gabriel Byrne for telling it like it is and describing next year’s “Gathering” in Ireland as a “scam” and a “shakedown”. I was surprised … Continue reading

November 7, 2012 · Leave a comment