Colm McCarthy

Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

The State will have to find revenue elsewhere, and fairly soon if the corporation tax bonanza begins to dry up.

VIEWPOINTS 3 December 2025

Colm McCarthy: predictions for future population growth

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Colm McCarthy: interconnectors supplementing our energy needs

Colm McCarthy: interconnectors supplementing our energy needs

VIEWPOINTS 30 November 2025

Colm McCarthy: public spending code needs teeth

Colm McCarthy: public spending code needs teeth

VIEWPOINTS 19 November 2025

Colm McCarthy: Problems of perception around agriculture

Colm McCarthy: Problems of perception around agriculture

Colm McCarthy: Problems of perception around agriculture

VIEWPOINTS 12 November 2025

Colm McCarthy: McGrath right to question big tech

Colm McCarthy: McGrath right to question big tech

Colm McCarthy: McGrath right to question big tech

VIEWPOINTS 5 November 2025

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Colm McCarthy: looking at the economics of Atlantic wind

Colm McCarthy: looking at the economics of Atlantic wind

Onshore wind looks a better bet as does solar but local and national politicians seem fixated with the notion that the Atlantic is to be the Saudi Arabia of Wind.

VIEWPOINTS 17 September 2025

Colm McCarthy: Restaurant VAT cut should give us all food for thought

Colm McCarthy: Restaurant VAT cut should give us all food for thought

Overall the budget is expansionary but the generosity has gone down badly.

VIEWPOINTS 17 September 2025

Colm McCarthy: spending our way out of boom not bust

Colm McCarthy: spending our way out of boom not bust

Since Ireland has no independent currency, it can have no exchange-rate policy.

VIEWPOINTS 17 September 2025

Colm McCarthy: rosy revenue projections may trap Sir Keir Starmer

Colm McCarthy: rosy revenue projections may trap Sir Keir Starmer

The rate of economic growth is not a policy instrument at the command of governments.

VIEWPOINTS 17 September 2025

Colm McCarthy: Fuelling the cloud

Colm McCarthy: Fuelling the cloud

Data centres must be mainly an export business – purely domestic demand cannot credibly exceed the European norm.

VIEWPOINTS 17 September 2025

Colm McCarthy: carbon emissions calculations

Colm McCarthy: carbon emissions calculations

The measurement of each nation’s carbon emissions is problematic – if based on the location of production.

VIEWPOINTS 17 September 2025

Colm McCarthy: time to rethink MetroLink

Colm McCarthy: time to rethink MetroLink

The proposed MetroLink, for which not even a firm cost estimate is available, could cost €16bn or €17 bn.

VIEWPOINTS 17 September 2025

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