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Colm McCarthy is a contributor to the Irish Farmers Journal.
Colm McCarthy on 25 Mar 2020
Different COVID-19 strategies in different countries
Governments will be faulted for acting earlier and at this stage, it looks as if the recriminations will be biggest in Europe and the US.
Colm McCarthy on 18 Mar 2020
Colm McCarthy: prospects for Europe
The Eurozone governments will be running much looser budget policies than they intended because of the COVID-19 recession, which is already under way.
Colm McCarthy on 11 Mar 2020
We cannot produce enough electric cars
The capacity to produce enough fully electric cars does not exist and will take, on some estimates, at least another decade to create, writes Colm McCarthy.
Colm McCarthy on 04 Mar 2020
Colm McCarthy: consequences of inaction
We now know that drought, wildfires, coastal flooding and crop failures are directly attributable to the failures of policy.
Colm McCarthy on 26 Feb 2020
Gambling reform required
The first step on the road to gambling addiction is nowadays likely to be a smartphone bet on Liverpool or Man United, rather than on a runner in the 3.30 at Roscommon.
Colm McCarthy on 19 Feb 2020
Colm McCarthy: new NI secretary off to a bad start as UK cabinet chaos continues
It is not possible to exit the EU while a component of the territory of the withdrawing state is simultaneously in the UK’s single market and in the EU’s single market.
Colm McCarthy on 12 Feb 2020
Commitments will prove troublesome in negotiations
The Sinn Féin manifesto will constrain the party’s room for manoeuvre in whatever talks take place on Government formation.
Colm McCarthy on 05 Feb 2020
Colm McCarthy - Brexit set to dominate the agenda for next government
The status of non-membership was chosen by the UK political system – the UK has not been expelled from the EU, it has decided to quit.
Colm McCarthy on 29 Jan 2020
Colm McCarthy: marking Brexit
‘Big Ben Must Bong for Brexit’ according to the Daily Mail, but the Westminster clock is out of commission and there will be speeches instead.
Colm McCarthy on 23 Jan 2020
Colm McCarthy: housing problem and political candour
In an unusual outbreak of candour, politicians in one Dublin suburb opposed a development on the explicit basis that it would reduce prices in the area.
Colm McCarthy on 15 Jan 2020
Colm McCarthy : the power of social networks
Membership in the biggest social network is more valuable than joining a smaller competitor and the winners have blown away the competition.
Colm McCarthy on 08 Jan 2020
Colm McCarthy: decarbonisation of the electricity industry
Political parties around Europe and not just Green parties, have had a success they may regret in creating excessive fear of nuclear power.