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Colm McCarthy is a contributor to the Irish Farmers Journal.
Colm McCarthy on 23 Sep 2020
Colm McCarthy: COVID-19 borrowing can’t continue forever
Colm McCarthy looks at how Budget 2021 is lining up in the face of the mounting economic burden of COVID-19.
Colm McCarthy on 16 Sep 2020
Colm McCarthy: farm organisations need to take action
The commitment in the programme for government makes perfect economic sense and the farm organisations should grab this ball and run with it.
Colm McCarthy on 08 Sep 2020
Beef could be the big loser in Brexit
Beef could be the biggest loser, although some side-deals could yet emerge as the full implications of Brexit come to be understood in Britain.
Colm McCarthy on 02 Sep 2020
Colm McCarthy: two great challenges ahead
The fight against COVID-19 and the fight against climate change are both handicapped by the political triumph of the nation state as the unit of political organisation in recent decades.
Colm McCarthy on 26 Aug 2020
Colm McCarthy: new electricity systems cannot all be renewable
Solar units may do a little better but not when it is dark, or cloudy.
Colm McCarthy on 19 Aug 2020
Colm McCarthy: State commercial companies will need support
The State will have no option but to find the funds to keep its transport companies alive.
Colm McCarthy on 12 Aug 2020
Banks learning lessons on arrears
The worst banks have been closed, the survivors have smaller balance sheets and they have raised additional risk capital.
Colm McCarthy on 04 Aug 2020
The future for Ireland's regional airports
Even after the COVID-19 pandemic passes, another cloud hangs over the aviation industry, writes Colm McCarthy.
Colm McCarthy on 29 Jul 2020
Colm McCarthy: transport implications in a post-COVID-19 Ireland
The programme for government commits to an all-electric car fleet in due course. If this means no more fuel taxes, there will have to be road user charging.
Colm McCarthy on 22 Jul 2020
Shaping Ireland's future post COVID-19
For Ireland, the priority will be the promotion of EU policies which contain the COVID-19 damage, without aggravating the costs of climate action.
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.