12 PQ’s for the government to answer relating to the imminent Irish and EU Constitution crisis due in July 2016, should the Council of Minsters vote by QMV to approve the Commission’s proposal to conclude and provisionally apply the CETA and its … [Read more...]
Our concerns regarding CETA’s ratification, letter to Minister Flanagan.
Dear Mr. Flanagan, We, at Attac Ireland, are gravely concerned that CETA, the planned trade and investment agreement between Europe and Canada, could be put in place without national parliaments being consulted about it. Current indications are … [Read more...]
Perspectives on the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and Argentina’s Debt
The following article is written by Tony Phillips an Irish and Argentine economist specialising in the build up to and the consequences of excessive national debt. He is Editor (with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and former Argentine minister for … [Read more...]
The Proclamation of an Irish Oligarchy by Market Forces
Barry Finnegan of Attac discusses the risks of TTIP and CETA, Newstalk 16/4/2016
Here's a 10 minute radio piece from Saturday 16th April, 2016 on the Businesses Today Show on Newstalk 106FM national radio in Ireland: Mark O Mahony from Chambers Ireland, and Barry Finnegan, researcher with ATTAC Ireland, and lecturer at the media … [Read more...]