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Father, husband, economist, disciple. community activist. trade unionist. Independent Candidate #GE24 for #Carlow #Kilkenny Gaeilgeoir. Author of #IrelandWorth

Co Kilkenny
Joined November 2011
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Refugees are welcome here ⁦ @UnitedARacism
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Strange that the #VacantSiteLevy has not been effectively implemented yet across the country. Hard to determine 'land ownership'. No such problem when banks had to be bailed out in 2008+ #Housing
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My last #MondayBlogTH is here My twitter account will go into dormition from this Friday. Thanks to everyone who followed, engaged, agreed, disagreed & even convinced me. #Democracy #Equality #Sustainability #IrelandWorth @NERI_research @NewIslandBooks
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A big shout out for @TescoIrl and Ben Tesco home delivery worker in #Balbriggan #WearAMask #ForUsAl . Thank you Ben and all front line workers. A case of 'do to others as you would have them do to you'. #itsnotover @Orla_Hegarty @oliveblogs @NChildersMEP @MandateTU
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Here we go (again) Lessons Lessons Lessons? #IrelWorth
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'May you live to see the new Republic' - @TomHealyNERI at the launch of his new book An Ireland Worth Working For @SIPTU . Out now from @NewIslandBooks
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Powerful testimony by ⁦ @Bernieadufe #refugeeswelcome @UnitedARacism
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. @ivanabacik speaking of the #farright in Ireland “ They seek to target the most vulnerable, and the government is letting them away with it.” Spot on
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8 years
And people wonder why we have a #Housing crisis. Go figure. Red bits of chart
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9 years
Time for a European-wide referendum on austerity? http://t.co/Ftgg88k4sA
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@CharletonOonagh You raise an important issue. Whatever about the meaningfulness of publishing covid cases since #omicron kicked in, data are available on hospital admissions, age-profile of same, underlying conditions etc & yet have not been published so far this year. Very puzzling.
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Setting the record straight on wages @not
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With one week to go to Christmas Scandalous re fire at Galway hotel due to house 70 asylum seekers via @RTENews Must be roundly condemned and opposed by all churches and parties and civil society groups
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A big thank you to @lukes_ck who saved my life on Christmas Day. Incredible team - notwithstanding staffing, capacity and investment constraints Go Raibh Maith Agaibh!
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Average Weekly earnings flat in real terms since 2009. Yet, non-labour incomes rising significantly. #EHECS @CSOIreland
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Stand up Speak up Unite ⁦ @irishcongress ⁩ ⁦ @forsa_union_ie ⁩ “We will continue to welcome migrant workers” Phil Ní Shéaghdha ⁦ @INMO_IRL #Irelandforall
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There are errors in @EU_Eurostat data on 'illegal' migration. Serious error given pol context #ep24 correct data calculations in Fig 31 of my recent blog. @irishexaminer have taken down article. I have raised matter @EU_Eurostat
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#Kilkenny welcomes I’m proud to be Irish Bródúil as a bheith i m’ Éireannach пишатися тим, що я ірландець #IrelandForAll #ÉireDoChách Ірландія для всіх
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Good turnout at #IrelandWorth and thanks to @ProfJohnBarry Ireland’s leading marxist lentilist and purveyor of intellectual promiscuity 😀 thanks for interest from MLAs present including @SteveAikenUUP and @ClaireHanna @NERI_research @NewIslandBooks
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More of this please in every county and in every town. Let’s do it and defend our Republic based on pluralism and democracy @LeCheileDND @irishcongress and fair play to politician who turned up on the welcome side #NoPasaran to the fascists
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Irish Examiner
8 months
Roscrea is 'completely against racism': Tippeary town holds rally in support of asylum seekers
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. @NERI_research stand in foyer at @INTOnews Free rose sweats plus copies of #IrelandWorth selling for €10 for order of 10. Ideal pressie for soon-to-retire and just-appointed teachers @johnboyle_INTO @AlisonGilliland
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Powerful speech by @Majellabeattie1 of @CareChampions2 “we need to change culture and allow an effective complaints system for staff” in care settings #ArdfheisAontu2023 #ArdFheisAont ú23
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Lots of nonsense on PS pensions @brianmlucey puts some facts on table @NERI_research @irishcongress @IMPACTTU
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Over a 10 yr period Ireland had lower than EU average rates of intake in asylum seekers Check out the data on the this lin⬇️k #slichaol Are asylum seekers scammers? #MigrationMythBusters =>⬇️
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Well said Need Churches, civil society, local politicians, unions and ordinary people like you and me speaking out and acting #Irelandforall @DorasIRL @IrishRefugeeCo @forsa_union_ie
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Kilkenny Live
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OPINION: Let's be honest' - Towns aren't protesting asylum centres over 'services'
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Latest #NERIQEO out today. Our 28th edition since 2012! @JP_Biz @seanwhelanRTE #FutureOfWork and impact of #Automation #NewEnterprise @neri_research @PMacF_NERI @LisaWilsonNERI Join us for the launch later this morning in Belfast
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candidates abused TDs getting threats Far right systematically blocking modular builds in every proposed location X largely in the hands of rightists breakdown in law & order I do not recognise any more the country I continue to love so much Ag caoineadh ar son na hÉireann
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@Berlinnaeus I was a #NoNo voter. HOWEVER I completely disagree with the nasty intolerant and anti-Christian behaviour of some who are gloating and putting down those on the losing side in this one. We each voted from a stance of seeking the common good. In some issues we differ @irishfabian
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Another powerful accurate and timely piece by @fotoole @IrishTimes @KittyHollandIT @Louiseinflight
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Fintan O’Toole: Poorest children will be hardest hit by lone-parent payment cut http://t.co/efXHeNfzyB via @IrishTimesOpEd
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Given #climatechange , #Brexit , threats to #worldtrade and volatility in medium-term FDI, now is the time to invest in a new generation of SMEs. It could be that labour as the key factor of production could be central to this. #MondayBlogTH @NERI_research
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Did you know that, though falling, the #Deprivation rate was higher in 2017 in the Rep of #Ireland than it was in 2009? #NERIDashboard #DailyStatIrel @NERI_research @PMacF_NERI @LisaWilsonNERI @TomAMcDonnell1 @ciarannugent lack of access to at least 2 /11
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. @davidmcw "The Ireland that emerges from this crisis will have “a much more social democratic future,” “The idea that you will reward hedge fund managers in multiples of how you reward nurses just won’t wash. Taxes will rise. Public services will be much better off as a result.”
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#Ecosystems know no border. There: peat & heathlands marked with a border fence between Fermanagh & Cavan. #StairwaysToHeaven Culcaigh mountain @CSOIreland @NESCIreland #SharedIsland #nescsharedisland Also important to value (& measure) ecosystem cultural & recreational services
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@irishdailytimes But it looks more like the 1960’s Presence of Garda directing traffic on O’Connell bridge was in the 1960’s. But I’m open to correction by those with better memories than me!
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We need to #Brexit proof by investing in social & economic infrastructure. Summer 2018 #NERIQEO @neri_research
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Yesterday's news #promnight good economic news is getting boomier @Finfacts @WhelanKarl http://t.co/kH039Z1h1S
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@ClaireByrneLive Tá ar son an phobail. yes I will when and where appropriate (essentially crowded indoor settings) #itisnotover #ForUsAll
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. @JeremiasPrassl : 1 Higher Min Wage for gig workers 2 portable worker ratings 3 social partnerships #NevinLecture #gigeconomy
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"The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions & without becoming disillusioned." A. Gramsci @EstherLynchs #BDC17 @irishcongress
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Women workers face a double penalty in Labour market @LisawilsonNERI @NERI_research
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@Pidge @honorekamegni And this too has been my experience I was surprised how consistently positive and courteous the response was in the doors at @KilkennyNotices for @votetoluwani This platform (X) is dominated by hateful forces who completely misrepresent the large majority of voters and citizens
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@AontuIE @EU_Eurostat @irishexaminer @CSOIreland The claims by @AontuIE on this point should be immediately withdrawn and acknowledged by @irishexaminer and @EU_Eurostat
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and I will continue to wear masks in crowded indoor settings #ForUsAll
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Agus ansin tháinig an stua ceatha
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A sign of the time - time to invest & not erode tax base @INMO_IRL @irishcongress @NERI_research @notesonthefront
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Alice Leahy:”there should be no need for our services” #Housing #FridayBriefing @irishcongress
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@gavreilly There are now almost as many people who have disclosed that they voted #NoNo in #Ref24 as there were in the GPO in 1916
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@notesonthefront
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7 years
#FatCatWednesday From 2009-2015 (the belt-tightening years) average CEO remuneration increased by 75 percent (€890,000). The average worker’s full-time pay increased by 1.6 percent. The pay gap between executives and employees is growing fast.
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@NERI_research
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#IrelandWorth launch of An Ireland Worth Working For: towards a new democratic programme on 15 April. Register at @NewIslandBooks #LivingWage #Enterprise #SocialWage #futureofEU #AllIslandEconomy for preview listen: @TortoiseShack
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. @AlisonGilliland : #LivingWageIRL does not include childcare (€11.70=single person only) @NERI_research @VPSJ_Ireland
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. @NewIslandBooks #IrelandWorth Back tomorrow morning
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Union Ali
6 years
On your way out from this evening’s #INTOCongress19 session you should check out the @NERI_research stand and @TomHealyNERI new book #AFutureWorthWorkingFor - a decent-work based economic vision for our future. It’s a very easy read - very doable for this Thursday & Friday 🤔
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8 years
Who/what/how creates jobs? Those who supply labour and those who demand the goods created by human labour
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@UCU_Ulster
UCU Ulster
6 years
This Wed 1st May we are proud to host the book launch for @TomHealyNERI new book “An Ireland Worth Working For - Towards a New Democratic Programme”. The launch at 4.30pm in the Minor Hall, at Magee follows the @NERI_research annual labour market conference. All welcome
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Is @ibec_irl over-focussed on wages impacts on competitiveness? see latest @EU_Eurostat data on labour cost trends in Big competitiveness challenge in 2019 is: #childcare #housing #health #education #Reseac
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Precarious work & underemployment in #NorthernIreland @NERI_research by @LisawilsonNERI
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Signed some copies of #IrelandWorth at @Hodges_Figgis @NewIslandBooks @NERI_research (prize to anyone who knows how to rotate pic using paint - free copy!!:-) )
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@BRegsBlog
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“We need more competition in the housing market, we need the state to take the lead, we need a sustainable cost-rental market” @TomHealyNERI @morningireland
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@UlsterUni
Ulster University
6 years
Join us tomorrow for the launch of @TomHealyNERI 's new book "An Ireland Worth Working For – Towards a New Democratic Programme" in the Minor Hall of the Magee campus at 4.30pm 📖 The event follows the 7th @NERI_research Annual Labour Market Conference, all are welcome!
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Women draw the short straw on wages #MondayBlogTH @NERI_research
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@ColetteColfer And same goes for discussion on abortion. Walk ppl thru the issues inc fetal pain evidence and they say they agree but…….
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50% of net wealth in hands of top 10% of households –based on new #CSO data (2013) http://t.co/UyM6cIAK7E http://t.co/G5Pk86Sp8n
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. @Paschald “Tax is not a burden but a contribution to public services for all of us” Noted @NERI_research @IRLDeptFinance #SummerEconomicStatement #NED #Budget19
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Where now for the New Celtic Tiger? Dispelling some illusions #MondayBlogTH
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Meanwhile the Oireachtas will get on with #euthanasia and #abortion up to 24 weeks. No #Referendum2024 there.
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@gavreilly Where are the greens with this?
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#GoodFriday a day to slow down (if possible) & to calmly reflect on what it means to live as an authentic Christian in today’s world where I meet Jesus in those who are poor, without voice, on the margins near & far, now today. “So long as you did it to one of the least of these”
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Unlikely to hear much public mention of below average labour costs in Irl in business economy in 2015. employer PRSI key @NERI_research
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' once water charges are taken into account most people under €30,000 are net losers' @irishcongress
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Why are timelines flooded with this hateful stuff? I notice that any pro migrant sentiment I express is met with the most vile & hateful poison that I have never read before & it is. bots and weird supposedly Irish accounts. Who is behind this? Who is triggering it politically?
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Piaras Mac Éinrí
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'Psychopathic cunts' to whom the 'death penalty' should apply for 'treason'. The views of a hard-core racist and failed soldier on how Ireland should respond to asylum seekers. Meanwhile, all over Ireland, towns and villages are working hard to make them welcome.
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@AontuIE
Aontú
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Key public meetings around the country on the Cost of Living, Housing and Crime and Anti social behaviour.
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Building, investing in, &re-orientating domestic enterprise is a long-term strategy. We need to up the game &change the game. This will take time &social consensus. ... but we have no alternative. #MondayBlogTH #NewEnterprise @neri_research
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@EOBroin @NewIslandBooks Launched on Monday 15th April at 5.30pm
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Great news but where will all its employees find affordable accommodation anywhere near Dublin? @seanwhelanRTE @JP_Biz @NERI_research
@BloombergUK
Bloomberg UK
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Bank of America is likely to choose Dublin for its main EU base after Brexit
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