Colm McCarthy

Colm McCarthy: Amid uncertainty, prudent progress is needed

The last few years have seen a persistent pattern of failure to deliver on budget-day limits on spending, themselves generous, alongside a steady dripfeed of tax giveaways.

VIEWPOINTS 6 May 2026

Colm McCarthy: Amid uncertainty, prudent progress is needed

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Colm McCarthy: hauliers unlikely allies for farm organisations

Colm McCarthy: hauliers unlikely allies for farm organisations

VIEWPOINTS 2 May 2026

Colm McCarthy: good reasons for green diesel system

Colm McCarthy: good reasons for green diesel system

VIEWPOINTS 22 April 2026

Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen

Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen

Colm McCarthy: Import prices, like the weather, are just things that happen

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Colm McCarthy: defence spending may need a shot in the arm

Colm McCarthy: defence spending may need a shot in the arm

Colm McCarthy: defence spending may need a shot in the arm

VIEWPOINTS 8 April 2026

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Colm McCarthy: oil and gas prices will not return to pre-crisis levels fast

Colm McCarthy: oil and gas prices will not return to pre-crisis levels fast

A continuation of the subsidies beyond the end of May is openly contemplated.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: lasting consequences for Gulf states

Colm McCarthy: lasting consequences for Gulf states

The Dubai property market has already nosedived, and some expats who have exited may face tax domicile problems with maximum-day restrictions on time spent in their European first homes.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: higher density development is the solution for Dublin

Colm McCarthy: higher density development is the solution for Dublin

The congestion on the M50 is a symptom of the engineering impossibility of adding capacity to what has become the main street of the city.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Conflict could permanently impact air traffic

Conflict could permanently impact air traffic

A longer conflict would bring the diversification bets into aviation of the Gulf monarchies into question and Dubai is now the most vulnerable.

OPINION 18 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: a superior policy is to limit urban sprawl and take the bus

Colm McCarthy: a superior policy is to limit urban sprawl and take the bus

It is simplistic and unreasonable to lay the blame on Irish Rail which can only optimise the use of the inherited Victorian rail system.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Airport strategy could face a hard landing

Airport strategy could face a hard landing

It makes sense to build a new regional airport if revenue is sufficient to cover operating outlay and to remunerate the construction capital costs.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

Colm McCarthy: Ireland's place in a hardening Europe

Any ‘fortress Europe’ outcome, seeking to substitute a stronger single market for a reduced outward focus on trade with the rest of the world, is not in Ireland’s interests.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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