Voters should protest at FF tax hikes as new levies hit home

29. 5. 2009

€7,700 more tax on families since last October Pay packets have shrunk further this week as Brian Lenihan’s latest round of tax cuts hit home, with the average family now [...]

Coughlan red tape waffle won’t hide FF failure to tackle costs

28. 5. 2009

Image by suttonhoo via Flickr Tánaiste Mary Coughlan’s decision today (Thursday) to lecture EU states about the need to reduce red tape is extraordinary, given her own Government’s failure to [...]

18 point rescue plan to support SMEs

27. 5. 2009

Image by Håkan Dahlström via Flickr 18 point rescue plan to support SMEs   Fine Gael Leader Enda Kenny TD has launched a rescue plan for small businesses to help [...]

If FF Govt won’t admit its mistakes, it’s bound to repeat them

19. 5. 2009

Image via Wikipedia Cowen blind to current economic crisis Responding to the Taoiseach’s claim that no-one foresaw the impending economic crash, Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD said the [...]

Varadkar challenges Cowen to match FG’s five year rates freeze

18. 5. 2009

Dublin City Hall – Image by 9-lives via Flickr Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has (today) challenged Brian Cowen to match his Party’s proposals for a five year [...]

Banks starving businesses: Varadkar call for State-backed loan guarantee

13. 5. 2009

Image by cesare g via Flickr Good business going to wall through lack of credit   With banks starving businesses of vital credit, and an ISME survey revealing that 58% [...]

FG Bill to protect small businesses against creditors who don’t pay up

6. 5. 2009

Fine Gael has today (Wednesday) moved a Bill to protect small businesses from creditors who won’t pay their bills on time, by giving them the right to pursue unpaid bills [...]

Varadkar calls for PRSI waiver for new staff after Pfizer chief demands job creation measures

1. 5. 2009

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Speaking after an Irish Pfizer executive called for job creation and protection measures today (Friday), Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD said his [...]