Regulation – Postcards

Labour Benefits: Poor

March 5, 2016March 5, 2016 No Comments

Hmmm, good if you’re expecting, bad if you’re sick or laid off: Ireland offers the second longest maternity leave in Europe but comes last in terms of pay entitlements, according to a new survey.According to the study, which covers 15 European countries and also the United States, Ireland comes second behind the United Kingdom in […]

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Big Business Economy Human Rights Regulation

Worker Exploitation and Abuse is widespread

June 5, 2015June 5, 2015 No Comments

Fascinating read in The Atlantic. Patagonia as a company has tried hard to remove exploitation from it’s supplier chain, but in 2011 they decided to investigate deeper, beyond the usual first-tier direct suppliers, into their second level, and they found abuses of labour laws and unethical practices in their sub-suppliers that they are now aiming to […]

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Economy Politics Regulation Society

What’s a house for?

March 2, 2015 No Comments

There needs to be a public debate about how the crisis should be resolved. It requires a clear decision about what role we want to give housing in the Irish economy. Should policy allow an unregulated private property market where housing is primarily a private commodity and an investment for speculation and accumulation of private […]

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Department of Slightly Pointless Government Regulation

Slow Clap of the Day: Delivery firms refuse to use new postcode system

November 6, 2014November 18, 2014 No Comments

Oh, fantastic – ‘Delivery firms refuse to use new postcode system’. The introduction of Ireland’s new postcode service will be as problematic as Irish Water, some of the country’s biggest transport delivery firms confirmed. The Freight Transport Association of Ireland said the planned new Eircode service would be “useless” to its members. […] The randomly-generated […]

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Big Business Regulation Society

UKIP Rebuttal

April 30, 2014 No Comments

This is quite good: via Twitter / glitterylou: Yay! Proud to be from Swansea, well done whoever did this #ukip #ukipbillboards .

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Big Business Regulation

Ben Goldacre: What the Tamiflu saga tells us about drug trials and big pharma

April 10, 2014 No Comments

Remember the big stockpiling exercise by Governments of Tamiflu for our benefit in the event of a pandemic a few years back? Looks like all that money was wasted … So does Tamiflu work? From the Cochrane analysis – fully public – Tamiflu does not reduce the number of hospitalisations. There wasn’t enough data to […]

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Labour Benefits: Poor

Worker Exploitation and Abuse is widespread

What’s a house for?

Slow Clap of the Day: Delivery firms refuse to use new postcode system

UKIP Rebuttal

Ben Goldacre: What the Tamiflu saga tells us about drug trials and big pharma

Category: Regulation

Labour Benefits: Poor

Worker Exploitation and Abuse is widespread

What’s a house for?

Slow Clap of the Day: Delivery firms refuse to use new postcode system

UKIP Rebuttal

Ben Goldacre: What the Tamiflu saga tells us about drug trials and big pharma