Climate change in the 32nd Dáil

The 32nd Dáil has already thrown up some, eh, interesting views on climate change , which I previously responded to here. The new Dáil also sees the return of the Green Party, with two TDs elected.

With the formation of the new government on Friday we now have a Department for “Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources“. Denis Naughten, independent TD for Roscommon-Galway, has been appointed as Minister.

On the one hand, having a government department with climate change in the title seems like progress.

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Effects of Brexit on the EU

The Centre for European Regulation has a good podcast on what Europe might look like after Brexit here:

Tax havens ‘serve no useful economic purpose’

Several of this blog’s commentators have signed the letter calling for an end to tax havens, details of the letter itself, and the full list of signatories, are here.

I’d welcome commenters’ thoughts on the issue of tax havens (not just in an Irish context, of course).

Announcing our new contributors

I’m very excited to announce this blog’s new contributors, who you’ll be hearing a lot more from soon:

 

The Davos Lie

Larry Summers coined the phrase “The Davos Lie” back in 2007; my latest column in Critical Quarterly covers some of what I’ve written on the subject over the years. Here is another recent piece on the subject.

Update: a glitch having been sorted out, the CQ column is now freely available.