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Colm McCarthy: how many airports is enough?
Colm McCarthy
Some countries subsidise regional airports for understandable reasons – the Scottish and Greek islands or the remote Arctic provinces of Scandinavia are examples.
24 April 2024 News
Farmers don’t need 'lecturing' on climate - Taoiseach
Taoiseach Simon Harris said it's time for the agricultural sector to start "getting treated with a little bit of respect."
21 April 2024 News
Business cycles and supply-demand mismatches
The agricultural machinery market in Europe is a clear example of a business cycle in action.
RHI discussed behind closed doors by MLAs
The body that represents the RHI accredited boiler owners has said it “will use all legal and political avenues” to protect its members.
17 April 2024 Northern Ireland
Opel’s Astra delivers diesel economy in Sports Tourer
To say that he liked the new Opel Astra Sports Tourer would be an understatement. For Michael Moroney, it was a welcome return to economical and open range diesel driving.
10 April 2024 Motors
Colm McCarthy: our water and electricity shortages
The two national utilities responsible for electric power and water are clearly uncomfortable with the IDA’s enthusiasm for more data centres.
10 April 2024 Viewpoints
Prospects for Ireland's capital budget
It is a gamble to promise indefinite expansion of the capital programme.
3 April 2024 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: analysing 'The Experience Economy'
IBEC has done a service in pinpointing the threats to what makes Ireland a great place in which to live, work and invest.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Funding our water and electricity infrastructure
Ireland is the only European country in which water is free, and even the Green Party has backed off charging for water.
27 March 2024 Viewpoints
Ór butter announces product expansion plans
With a 93% increase in sales in 2023, award-winning Ór-Real Irish Butter announces product expansion plans.
27 March 2024 News
Colm McCarthy - Green diesel should not be seen as a handout to farmers
The farm organisations should be concerned that the Irish arrangements for green diesel are being characterised as a subsidy to farming.
20 March 2024 Viewpoints
Colm McCarthy: misfortune strikes hardest for the unprepared
There is a long record in Ireland of a boom-and-bust pattern in the capital budget.
13 March 2024 Viewpoints