Criticism
In February 2010, the Institute conceded that mistakes were made in its controversial study into waste policy. However, correction of these errors did not change the substance of the recommendations.
In January 2012, economist Richard Tol left the ESRI, questioning the independence of the group in relation to the funding it receives. The Institute’s perspective on its independence was published in The Irish Times on 12 January 2012.
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Famous quotes containing the word criticism:
“A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he can divide.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)
“A friend of mine spoke of books that are dedicated like this: “To my wife, by whose helpful criticism ...” and so on. He said the dedication should really read: “To my wife. If it had not been for her continual criticism and persistent nagging doubt as to my ability, this book would have appeared in Harper’s instead of The Hardware Age.””
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)
“I hold with the old-fashioned criticism that Browning is not really a poet, that he has all the gifts but the one needful and the pearls without the string; rather one should say raw nuggets and rough diamonds.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)