Ireland

ECB : Lender of Last Resort?

Good post by Nama Wine Lake on revelations of ECB demands on the lead up to the bailout (Irish taxpayer bailout of EU bondholders that is). It raises legitimate questions about the ECB’s mandated function as lender of last resort.

Shale gas drilling to begin in Ireland

The development of techniques which allow the extraction of gas from some carboniferous rocks known as shale has completely transformed the world's natural gas market. The gas price has fallen and in one case in the US, a terminal that was built to import gas is now being used to export it.

Ex Senator Deirdre De Burca on Michael Casey Article

Having followed the ongoing public debate on Ireland’s massive debt crisis, I welcomed Michael Casey’s recent opinion piece “Increasing money supply can halt deflationary cycle” published in the Irish Times (14/4/11). [...]

Using Cap and Share to control Irish road transport emissions

This short paper suggests that Ireland should reduce its road transport emissions using Cap and Share, as a more focussed alternative to a carbon tax. The advantages of using this approach are included below or you can download the entire paper.…

Submission to the All Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution Concerning Property Rights

12^th June 2003

This is a submission from Feasta, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability on the issues of property rights within the Irish constitution.

Download the whole submission in pdf format (44K)

Executive Summary

Introduction

Change to the Constitution re property rights is not legally necessary for social equity and sustainability. All the powers required reside in the current provisions — if broadly interpreted and fully and fairly utilised. A debate to reinforce important principles and dispel misunderstanding is more necessary that an amendment.

1. Sustainability is an important element of the ‘common good’.

An amendment to …

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