Tag Archives: Village Magazine

Ireland should renege on €30bn NAMA bonds

Let’s leave our useless banks with worthless IOUs, writes Mick O’Broin. Even before it emerged that the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) was definitively bailing out developers, its dealings with…

Malawi, sustainable energy, and the god of the developing world (archive March 2012)

[Current Magazine] As Malawi elects a new and female President, Joyce Banda, following the controversial death of her 78-year old predecessor,  Deirdre Mulrooney reflects on her recent visit there.

April issue of Village in shops now

The new issue of Village Magazine (April 2012) is in shops from Saturday 24th March. This is a 96-page issue, including an 18-page special on the Mahon Tribunal report, with…

Masterclass in spin by Garda Ombudsman

The independent Garda watchdog produced a report about the Corrib Garda ‘rape tape’ that misinformed the public and undermined the women who brought the recording to public attention. By William…

Denis O’Brien replies to Village article

Denis O’Brien sent the following letter to the Village editor in response to an article published in the November 2011 issue of the magazine. The letter is published without comment…

Village editor on Irish Times’ misreporting of SIPO’s Cllr Oisin Quinn ethics case

Interesting to see how the Irish Times, the newspaper of record, handles challenging and sensitive stories concerning the political establishment – when you know what the real story is. Here’s…