Economic historian at UL. Author of 'The Irish Department of Finance, 1959-99' and 'Policy Failures and the Irish Economic Crisis'.
Joined February 2011
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21 Nov 2024
Going to try and migrate to Bluesky given Elon Musk is repugnant.
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11 Mar 2025
Analysis: How well is the Irish economy really doing? jrnl.ie/6645604t
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Reminder ⏰
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Our #IWD2025 event takes place in @galwaycairnes on March 10th at 11am!
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19 Dec 2024
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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11 Dec 2024
👏Congratulations to @ciaranmcasey on winning a Research Output Award in the @BusinessAtUL faculty at @UL President's Research Excellence and Impact Awards.
Check out Ciarán's research: pure.ul.ie/en/persons/ciaran…
#ResearchImpact #StayCurious #ResearchAtUL
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2 Dec 2024
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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18 Nov 2024
The energetic distortion of basic economic principles here is pretty shameless
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17 Nov 2024
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
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14 Nov 2024
The hostility towards most politicians is excessive but the Greens and Ryan get a really unwarranted level of abuse
13 Nov 2024
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👇
irishexaminer.com/opinion/co…
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14 Nov 2024
In fairness this is actually getting quite funny
14 Nov 2024
Trump nominates Robert F Kennedy jr to be his Health secretary.
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13 Nov 2024
It's a low bar, but this election campaign seems particularly bad for promises masquerading as policy.
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10 Nov 2024
If a party commits to spend the €19.8m on animal welfare instead I'll vote for them
8 Nov 2024
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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8 Nov 2024
Fascinating that the US swing was the smallest this year
7 Nov 2024
We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇
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7 Nov 2024
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
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7 Nov 2024
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!
6 Nov 2024
The interview about his book. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcas…
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7 Nov 2024
Wouldn't strategic plans be great documents if people actually meant what was in them
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7 Nov 2024
Watching Jeremy Clarkson struggle with the consequences of climate change on his farming show is like performance art
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6 Nov 2024
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.
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