Colm
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Colm McCarthy is a contributor to the Irish Farmers Journal.
Colm McCarthy on 08 Jul 2020
Colm McCarthy: energy policy positions
The natural gas industry in Ireland is bigger than people think. The gas stations generate just over half the total power supplied and gas is the most popular home heating fuel in urban Ireland.
Colm McCarthy on 01 Jul 2020
Colm McCarthy: Barry Cowen’s priority task
What is done here at home about Irish emissions is a rounding error in the overall scheme of things.
Colm McCarthy on 24 Jun 2020
Colm McCarthy: wage subsidies will eventually have to be withdrawn
Permanent large deficits are not sustainable in the real world – ask Greece.
Colm McCarthy on 17 Jun 2020
Colm McCarthy: programme for Government
One of the Green demands was that one-fifth of the transport capital budget should be devoted to walking and cycling projects, including greenways, the total spend set at €360m per annum.
Colm McCarthy on 10 Jun 2020
Analysing the Green Party's transport policy
Some of the Greens' transport agenda makes perfect sense and some is just exasperating.
Colm McCarthy on 08 Jun 2020
Planning ahead to balance the budget
The Irish government, whenever one is finally formed, should plan for a return to budget balance over the medium term.
Colm McCarthy on 27 May 2020
Colm McCarthy: clock ticking on Brexit
There is time for a change of heart in London and a request for an extension to transition but a bad situation for Ireland could get worse.
Colm McCarthy on 18 May 2020
Dairy herd debate - quotas and greenhouse gases
The dairy herd in the EU27 fell 4.1% in five years and would have fallen 5.5% had there been no growth in Ireland.
Colm McCarthy on 13 May 2020
Colm McCarthy: ECB commitment needed for recovery
Whether ECB support can be counted on all the way through a long recovery remains to be seen.
Colm McCarthy on 06 May 2020
Colm McCarthy: common sense needed
When history drew the boundaries of nation states, it did not foresee the folly of economic policymakers.
Colm McCarthy on 29 Apr 2020
Colm McCarthy: 'My target is bigger than your target'
Whether Ireland cuts emissions by 7% or 70%, were that feasible, is a rounding error in the overall scheme of things.
Colm McCarthy on 20 Apr 2020
Colm McCarthy: other issues have not gone away
International agreement on climate action has been missing for four decades.