Ciarán Casey
@ciaranmcasey.bsky.social
Economic historian at UL. Author of 'The Irish Department of Finance, 1959-1999' and 'Policy Failures and the Irish Economic Crisis'.
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
It shouldn't need reiteration but most of the kids who ended up in industrial schools were just guilty of being poor.
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It shouldn't need reiteration but most of the kids who ended up in industrial schools were just guilty of being poor.
'The Irish political system is designed so that elected representatives are in constant contact with our communities'
The crux of the problem. It doesn't take constant contact to identify what the problems are. Capturing the marginal votes makes for bad policy
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The crux of the problem. It doesn't take constant contact to identify what the problems are. Capturing the marginal votes makes for bad policy
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Opinion: The Fianna Fáil I joined was the party that got things done. What happened to us?
Presidential election debacle will soon fade but not delivering urgently on matters impacting people’s lives will not
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November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
'The Irish political system is designed so that elected representatives are in constant contact with our communities'
The crux of the problem. It doesn't take constant contact to identify what the problems are. Capturing the marginal votes makes for bad policy
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The crux of the problem. It doesn't take constant contact to identify what the problems are. Capturing the marginal votes makes for bad policy
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Anti-vaxers in 1940s Ireland
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Anti-vaxers in 1940s Ireland
Or, perish the thought, be young?
Opinion: Our young people are the future – the next President of Ireland should empower them share.google/IYEIDTXsKnHc...
Opinion: Our young people are the future – the next President of Ireland should empower them share.google/IYEIDTXsKnHc...
Opinion: Our young people are the future – the next President of Ireland should empower them
The next president should carry on a tradition of celebrating young people’s achievements in Ireland, writes Avril Ryan of Gaisce.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Or, perish the thought, be young?
Opinion: Our young people are the future – the next President of Ireland should empower them share.google/IYEIDTXsKnHc...
Opinion: Our young people are the future – the next President of Ireland should empower them share.google/IYEIDTXsKnHc...
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🗣️ "Are we going to have a conversation, on the level that you are about deportations here, about the crisis of male violence against women in this country?” - News Correspondent, The Journal Eimer McAuley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🗣️ "Are we going to have a conversation, on the level that you are about deportations here, about the crisis of male violence against women in this country?” - News Correspondent, The Journal Eimer McAuley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
I have a question here
Northern Ireland has confirmed its first sighting and capture of an Asian hornet
First Asian hornet found in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has confirmed its first sighting and capture of an Asian hornet.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I have a question here
I'm going through the government reports for the past century and the introduction of the school medical service is one of the most interesting things. The public health problems were jaw-dropping, even after years of operation. Here's the results from the inspections in Dublin, 1936-7
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm going through the government reports for the past century and the introduction of the school medical service is one of the most interesting things. The public health problems were jaw-dropping, even after years of operation. Here's the results from the inspections in Dublin, 1936-7
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‘Throwing more money at it won't solve the housing crisis. We need more workers.’
Ahead of Budget 2026, Dr Ciarán Casey shares how ‘the proper time to have built infrastructure and housing here was during the last crash’.
Read on, in the Journal.ie: www.thejournal.ie/readme/housi...
#StayCurious
Ahead of Budget 2026, Dr Ciarán Casey shares how ‘the proper time to have built infrastructure and housing here was during the last crash’.
Read on, in the Journal.ie: www.thejournal.ie/readme/housi...
#StayCurious
October 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
‘Throwing more money at it won't solve the housing crisis. We need more workers.’
Ahead of Budget 2026, Dr Ciarán Casey shares how ‘the proper time to have built infrastructure and housing here was during the last crash’.
Read on, in the Journal.ie: www.thejournal.ie/readme/housi...
#StayCurious
Ahead of Budget 2026, Dr Ciarán Casey shares how ‘the proper time to have built infrastructure and housing here was during the last crash’.
Read on, in the Journal.ie: www.thejournal.ie/readme/housi...
#StayCurious
Leaving this closed for four years is appallingly stupid. We're right beside it and it's magic. It's a cliff, you get rockfalls. Make it as safe as you can but just get on with it
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County Council pours cold water on promising Bray-Greystones coastal path report
Popular 7km coastal route was closed in 2021 following rockfalls and erosion
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October 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Leaving this closed for four years is appallingly stupid. We're right beside it and it's magic. It's a cliff, you get rockfalls. Make it as safe as you can but just get on with it
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In today’s Irish Examiner, Dr Ciarán Casey, Assistant Professor UL’s Kemmy Business School, argues that when it comes to inheritance tax, ‘capitalism just rewards those who already have capital’.
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#StayCurious #Budget2026
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#StayCurious #Budget2026
October 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In today’s Irish Examiner, Dr Ciarán Casey, Assistant Professor UL’s Kemmy Business School, argues that when it comes to inheritance tax, ‘capitalism just rewards those who already have capital’.
Read on: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#StayCurious #Budget2026
Read on: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#StayCurious #Budget2026
Who was the first Amazon guy who said 'yeah, I'd better put this in the bin for safe keeping'?
October 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Who was the first Amazon guy who said 'yeah, I'd better put this in the bin for safe keeping'?
Very much the approach Jesus took with his own designer clothing and contempt for the left
In local news, Dublin socialite Cruella de Vil says her “Dalmatian handbag was deliberate.”
“I wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the left who don’t love dogs; they just hate the rich,” she says.
“I wanted to expose the hypocrisy of the left who don’t love dogs; they just hate the rich,” she says.
September 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Very much the approach Jesus took with his own designer clothing and contempt for the left
My review of Frank Barry's recent book, Industry and Policy in Independent Ireland, in Irish Historical Studies
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Industry and Policy in Independent Ireland, 1922–1972. By Frank Barry. Pp 232. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023. €85. | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Industry and Policy in Independent Ireland, 1922–1972. By Frank Barry. Pp 232. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023. €85.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My review of Frank Barry's recent book, Industry and Policy in Independent Ireland, in Irish Historical Studies
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Could a small amount be put aside in the Budget to paint the internal walls in university buildings please? I'll go round and do it all personally if necessary
September 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Could a small amount be put aside in the Budget to paint the internal walls in university buildings please? I'll go round and do it all personally if necessary
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In the Irish Examiner, Dr Ciarán Casey, Assistant Professor in Economics at UL’s Kemmy Business School, writes how a ‘lack of vision has wasted Ireland's unplanned tax windfall’.
Read on: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
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#StudyatUL #StayCurious
September 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In the Irish Examiner, Dr Ciarán Casey, Assistant Professor in Economics at UL’s Kemmy Business School, writes how a ‘lack of vision has wasted Ireland's unplanned tax windfall’.
Read on: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
Read on: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
#StudyatUL #StayCurious
I've just submitted an newspaper article on the Budget and now see the usual inane nonsense about increasing inheritance tax thresholds as a moral imperative. Perish the thought that the most fortunate 3% of the population pays some tax on that good fortune. The forgotten minority
September 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I've just submitted an newspaper article on the Budget and now see the usual inane nonsense about increasing inheritance tax thresholds as a moral imperative. Perish the thought that the most fortunate 3% of the population pays some tax on that good fortune. The forgotten minority
If Bob Geldof gets on the campaign trail he'll light it up. The ballot is desperately uninspiring and he's so eloquent he'll be dynamite if he gets a good run
September 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If Bob Geldof gets on the campaign trail he'll light it up. The ballot is desperately uninspiring and he's so eloquent he'll be dynamite if he gets a good run
Back when official reports were entitled using the I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' format. Catchy stuff
August 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Back when official reports were entitled using the I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)' format. Catchy stuff
Currently copying and pasting this gem into a lecture on inflation
August 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Currently copying and pasting this gem into a lecture on inflation
From the first Hospitals Commission report in 1936:
August 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the first Hospitals Commission report in 1936:
This is fast becoming a compelling argument for a hereditary monarchy
August 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is fast becoming a compelling argument for a hereditary monarchy
Even allowing all benefit of the doubt the logic here is dizzying
AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond
AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond
Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving cars
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August 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Even allowing all benefit of the doubt the logic here is dizzying