John Feehan’s book, Farming in Ireland: History, Heritage and Environment (UCD Dept. of Agriculture, 2003) is another one of those modern classics which is out of print and difficult to find. [Update:: now available again on Amazon. Link on title above.] Just to give a flavour of the analysis, I found this video of a talk John … Continue reading John Feehan: Irish Farming and its Colonial Past →

Last month I wrote an analysis of Sinn Féin's alternative budget, with particular regard to the fiscal side. You can read that here. Today I received a detailed and generous response from Sinn Féin where they confirm that their alternative budget for 2022 does indeed include borrowings of €1.5bn, as well as a re-dedication of … Continue reading Sinn Féin Response to Alternative Budget 2022 Analysis →

Recently, on the Week at Work podcast, I did a review of the alternative budgets produced by the four main opposition parties: Sinn Féin, Social Democrats, Labour, and People before Profit. Afterwards, I got a call from the Sinn Féin spokesperson for finance, Pearse Doherty, telling me that my analysis and my figures were way … Continue reading Alternative Budgets 2022, Part One: Sinn Féin →