Colm McCarthy

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Colm McCarthy: farmers will be blamed for Mercosur protest

Saturday’s events in Athlone were reported in both print and broadcast media as a ‘farmer protest’.

VIEWPOINTS 14 January 2026

Colm McCarthy: farmers will be blamed for Mercosur protest

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Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s role in the global game of emissions reductions

Colm McCarthy: Ireland’s role in the global game of emissions reductions

OPINION 7 January 2026

Colm McCarthy: it's time to make space for the buses

Colm McCarthy: it's time to make space for the buses

VIEWPOINTS 30 December 2025

Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

Colm McCarthy: resourcing Ireland's water and electricity needs

VIEWPOINTS 17 December 2025

Colm McCarthy: metropolitan sprawl

Colm McCarthy: metropolitan sprawl

Colm McCarthy: metropolitan sprawl

VIEWPOINTS 10 December 2025

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Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

The State will have to find revenue elsewhere, and fairly soon if the corporation tax bonanza begins to dry up.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

Colm McCarthy: interconnectors supplementing our energy needs

Colm McCarthy: interconnectors supplementing our energy needs

Some of the power coming from the socket in your home or business is nuclear electricity – the electrons which buzz along the grid do not carry birth certificates.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

Colm McCarthy: public spending code needs teeth

Colm McCarthy: public spending code needs teeth

Finance ministries share a common nightmare, the day you must tell the Minister for Finance that the Government has run out of money.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

Colm McCarthy: Problems of perception around agriculture

Colm McCarthy: Problems of perception around agriculture

Statisticians are able to calculate the contributions of each of the twelve main groups (food, energy, restaurants and hotels, housing and the rest) to the overall change in the price index.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

Colm McCarthy: McGrath right to question big tech

Colm McCarthy: McGrath right to question big tech

The strong influence of Silicon Valley on the US administration is not new.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

Colm McCarthy: looking at the economics of Atlantic wind

Colm McCarthy: looking at the economics of Atlantic wind

Onshore wind looks a better bet as does solar but local and national politicians seem fixated with the notion that the Atlantic is to be the Saudi Arabia of Wind.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

Colm McCarthy: Restaurant VAT cut should give us all food for thought

Colm McCarthy: Restaurant VAT cut should give us all food for thought

Overall the budget is expansionary but the generosity has gone down badly.

VIEWPOINTS 22 October 2025

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How calving alerts take the pressure off

Calving season is just around the corner and many dairy farmers are preparing for one of the busiest times of the year.

How calving alerts take the pressure off

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