Economic historian at UL. Author of 'The Irish Department of Finance, 1959-99' and 'Policy Failures and the Irish Economic Crisis'.
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Going to try and migrate to Bluesky given Elon Musk is repugnant.
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Analysis: How well is the Irish economy really doing? jrnl.ie/6645604t
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Our #IWD2025 event takes place in @galwaycairnes on March 10th at 11am!
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An article on the culture in the Department of Finance and why primacy given to the Budget continues to break my heart. Frank Barry's article in the same issue is excellent- well worth a read
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👏Congratulations to @ciaranmcasey on winning a Research Output Award in the @BusinessAtUL faculty at @UL President's Research Excellence and Impact Awards.
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In case you missed it...Ireland’s economy since independence: what lessons from the past 100 years? By @alandebromhead Robin Adams @QUCEHBelfast @ciaranmcasey #Ireland #EconTwitter 👇
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Hypothetical manifesto:
Reform building apprenticeships and subsidise what we need,
All windfall tax in a wealth fund to be spent as viable,
Decouple local & national politics,
Index welfare and tax bands vs inflation,
Vast rewilding,
Stringent animal rights laws and inspections
The hostility towards most politicians is excessive but the Greens and Ryan get a really unwarranted level of abuse
Real change is always hard to deliver, especially when it must happen here and now rather than at some point, somewhere else in the future. Here’s my opinion today👇
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It's a low bar, but this election campaign seems particularly bad for promises masquerading as policy.
If a party commits to spend the €19.8m on animal welfare instead I'll vote for them
Irish voters come out against the €19.8m State subsidy given to greyhound racing each year...
Seven in 10 voters want government funding of greyhound racing to be scrapped
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Fascinating that the US swing was the smallest this year
Government expenditure growth looks like this. But the strategy for the next few weeks will be banging on about bike sheds and mobile phone pouches because they're comprehensible to people.
The recurring cost of the phone pouches would be about 0.0000173913% of spending
This is a really interesting interview so looking forward to the book. The cost/benefit of running for office is getting really bad.
On a related note, Gemma Hussey's memoirs were fascinating and really overdue a reprint. Anyone close to power please keep diaries!
Watching Jeremy Clarkson struggle with the consequences of climate change on his farming show is like performance art
It's really rolling round and round in my head that Eoghan Murphy says he proposed all this and was shot down. It's a mixed bag but it's certainly far from timid.
