Stephen Kearon PC

The stunning revelations in the Moriarty report mean Enda Kenny must put the country first and resign now along with the rest of the tainted rainbow six at cabinet Taoiseach Kenny, leader of the self proclaimed ‘law and order’ party kept pointing out collective cabinet responsibility in recent months, he must now accept this himself, […]

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There has been much discussion in the media regarding the new Universal Social Charge (USC), regrettably much of this has been incorrect and scaremongering The reality is that the change is no where near the penal rates some in the media would have you believe, plus its startling how little tax we pay in Ireland […]

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I welcome the budget today as it addresses the four of the most critical challenges facing this economy over the next number of years: 1 – Begins the process of correcting the public finances 2 – It creates conditions for an equitable tax system for those at work 3 – It commences the very necessary […]

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An expert group on mortgage arrears has recommended the introduction of a new Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process to help struggling home-owners. Download report here. Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan said the Government had accepted all of the recommendations of an interim report by the Mortgage Arrears and Personal Debt Expert Group. (more…)

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The changes proposed in the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 are long overdue.  As Minister O’Cuiv highlighted last month in Galway, one of the big things that genuinely unemployed people complain about is forced inactivity. The Minister promised he would tackle this problem quickly, having for many years argued that enforced idleness was not […]

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Regretablly there has been much misinformation regarding the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010, needlessly causing concern to people. The factual position is as follows: For new customers applying for the One-Parent Family payment from April 2011, it is proposed that the payment will be made to them until the youngest child reaches age 13 […]

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Letter to Wicklow People regarding their new “The Big Opinion” section: I welcome your new “The Big Opinion” section, however was disappointed to see that your usual high standards of objective reporting were absent, in that the vast majority of it was anti Government, populist nonsense! (more…)

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Enda Kenny again proved how incapable he is to run the country by stating, in the Dáil yesterday, that Irish banks held €7 billion in Greek bonds, a figure that would have had huge implications for their tier one capital requirements as well as for the cost of Irish borrowing, when the actual figure was […]

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Pat Cahill is conveniently ignoring his own union’s past.  In 2001 the ASTI rejected the labour court’s recommendations and instead decided to strike in support of their demand for a massive 30% pay rise. Such action directly contributed to the economic situation this country now finds itself in.  This fact needs to be taken on […]

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Eamon Gilmore stated on The Panel (5th November 2009) that he would stop paying welfare recipients, his exact words being “there is a requirement to get any dole payment that you have to be available for work or available for education or whatever, and if someone doesn’t comply with that you don’t pay them”. Gilmore’s […]

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