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		<title>Why does it cost so much just to buy and sell something?</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2013/why-does-it-cost-so-much-just-to-buy-and-sell-something/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last year, the ECB issued a press release and  this document about the cost of making a payment (like handing over cash, writing a cheque or sending a payment by direct debit). The question it prompts is &#8216;why does it cost so much to do something as simple as making a small payment?&#8217; More [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Irish Government Accounts and what Kevin Cardiff did wrong.</title>
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		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2011/the-irish-government-accounts-and-what-kevin-cardiff-did-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NamaWineLake comments on the €3.6bn Irish government mis-accounting scandal. Basically, the national debt was miscounted and the boss of the Department of Finance (Kevin Cardiff) was called into the Public Accounts Committee.
NamaWineLake says that the error was (a) statistical and (b) not a cash item and suggests that the matter is therefore less serious. I think this is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IT expenditure and failure &#8211; submission to public expenditure consultation</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2011/it-expenditure-and-failure-submission-to-public-expenditure-consultation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2011/it-expenditure-and-failure-submission-to-public-expenditure-consultation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eire.com/?p=581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government IT needs to be put into overdrive to build a more open, honest, and accessible government but that’s not going to happen with the status quo.
What's happening isn’t right, it’s not fair, and more than that: it’s breaking us. It’s widening the gap between the technology that government has to operate, and what people expect. Given time it will cause people’s faith in government to collapse. Today that gap represents itself with the eyes rolling when people have to deal with government data or government websites. ]]></description>
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		<title>Is the eircom dream finally over?</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2011/is-the-eircom-dream-finally-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2011/is-the-eircom-dream-finally-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecomms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eire.com/?p=576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The dream that once was eircom was that a 75-year-old semi-state company could be transformed into the major national broadband provider through the combination of union/worker ownership and private capital. That dream now seems to be well and truly dead. What put the nail in the coffin in the last week or so is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government and brokenness</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2011/government-and-brokenness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2011/government-and-brokenness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conor O&#8217;Neill writes about &#8216;where does Ireland go from here?&#8217;
I agree with Conor on what is wrong but I basically disagree with his views on how it should be resolved. Basically, Conor&#8217;s view is that:
(a) we should make government better;
(b) we should make the government responsible for more things (for example, infrastructure for broadband).
And if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fianna Fail plays another mé féin move.</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/fianna-fail-plays-another-me-fein-move/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2010/fianna-fail-plays-another-me-fein-move/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eire.com/?p=571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They have lost the support of the Dail, but they want to stay on in government and try and pass a budget. All this will do is cause a crisis when the budget fails to pass. It will give the IMF and the others the shakes. Even if the budget does pass, there will have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change is a comin&#8217;, if we want it</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/change-is-a-comin-if-we-want-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2010/change-is-a-comin-if-we-want-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was down at government buildings tonight and following the tweets about what was happening, which was a lot more informative than RTE.
It is strange times, but what does it all mean? What is the significance of it? And what happens next?

The big change for me, a lot of the old rubbish of Irish politics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten reasons not to be optimistic about Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/ten-reasons-not-to-be-optimistic-about-ireland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2010/ten-reasons-not-to-be-optimistic-about-ireland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eire.com/?p=561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The government has no plan. It is taking all the government&#8217;s energy and ingenuity to plan as far as the middle of next month. (On the bright side, no one is expecting them to be in government for much beyond March or April.)
2. The opposition has no plan. They should have plenty of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten reasons to be optimistic about Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/ten-reasons-to-be-optimistic-about-ireland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2010/ten-reasons-to-be-optimistic-about-ireland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ireland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eire.com/?p=558</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. There is finally going to be change in Ireland, real change. Old things are going to be torn down. They need to be torn down because they cost too much, deliver no value,  and we can&#8217;t afford them anymore. They should have been torn down long ago. The fiscal crisis is the catalyst for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland&#8217;s Nokia</title>
		<link>http://www.eire.com/2010/irelands-nokia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.eire.com/2010/irelands-nokia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antoin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eire.com/?p=553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ireland has a world-leading retail brand, which is famous among consumers all over Europe and the world. Not only that, but it has developed into the uncontested leader in its field, in terms of volumes and profitability. It is the biggest international player. It is innovative and has opened new frontiers. It provides services in [...]]]></description>
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