Colm
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Colm McCarthy is a contributor to the Irish Farmers Journal.
Colm McCarthy on 28 Sep 2022
Colm McCarthy: clarity needed on plan for energy rationing
Favour should surely be shown to exporters which use energy but which have deep linkages back into the Irish economy.
Colm McCarthy on 21 Sep 2022
Energy security: findings from the CEPA report
The status of Ireland as a non-nuclear, anti-fracking, citadel of virtue is an affectation.
Colm McCarthy on 14 Sep 2022
Colm McCarthy: intense Europhobia the marker of Tory policy
The best explanation is that pragmatism has been abandoned in favour of denialism.
Colm McCarthy on 07 Sep 2022
Colm McCarthy: targeting scarce public funds
It would be helpful if incentives for electric car adoption could somehow be targeted at high-mileage rural motorists.
Colm McCarthy on 31 Aug 2022
Colm McCarthy - Europe is not just short of gas, it's short of electricity
Opportunities to take action several years ago, which would have contained the risk of system shortfall this winter, were identified and were spurned.
Colm McCarthy on 24 Aug 2022
Colm McCarthy: Energy supply security
The Taoiseach is mistaken if he believes that there were no early warnings.
Colm McCarthy on 17 Aug 2022
Colm McCarthy: demand and supply must be in continuous balance
Unlike peak-load pricing, which will annoy everyone, rationing is selective and hence bound to be controversial.
Colm McCarthy on 10 Aug 2022
Colm McCarthy: how many sports stadiums do we need?
There is a case for some better stadiums at smaller scale, but how many? Does every GAA county (there are 32) need a stadium which will be busy for just a few days every year?
Colm McCarthy on 03 Aug 2022
Colm McCarthy: ill-designed territorial targets
Global emissions, all that matters scientifically, could be increased by imposing ill-designed territorial production targets.
Colm McCarthy on 27 Jul 2022
Colm McCarthy: An unsuccessful UK economy is not in our best interest
The UK business community, now counting the cost of a hard Brexit, may yet turn away from the Tories, no longer seen by them as the safe-pair-of-hands party.
Colm McCarthy on 20 Jul 2022
Colm McCarthy - budgetary resources
Specific compensation schemes offered to narrower groups can also impose huge exchequer burdens
Colm McCarthy on 13 Jul 2022
Colm McCarthy: a new course needed in UK politics
Colm McCarthy: Brexit is unfinished business, the economy is fragile and the UK’s relations with Europe have yet to stabilise.