Public engagement
Policy Briefings:
'Currency Choice: what lessons from Ireland for an independent Scotland?' (with Séan Kenny) Economics Observatory. 16 March 2022.
'How have economists thought about the environment?' Economics Observatory. 9 December 2021.
'How have economists thought about climate change?' Economics Observatory. 28 October 2021.
`What were the economic consequences of Irish independence? Economics Observatory. 27 April 2021.
`Does environmental damage increase the risk of pandemics?' (with Matthias Beck), Economics Observatory. 30 June 2020.
'Currency Choice: what lessons from Ireland for an independent Scotland?' (with Séan Kenny) Economics Observatory. 16 March 2022.
'How have economists thought about the environment?' Economics Observatory. 9 December 2021.
'How have economists thought about climate change?' Economics Observatory. 28 October 2021.
`What were the economic consequences of Irish independence? Economics Observatory. 27 April 2021.
`Does environmental damage increase the risk of pandemics?' (with Matthias Beck), Economics Observatory. 30 June 2020.
Op-Ed articles:
`What will inflation mean for Irish energy and climate policies' (With Aisling Finucane and Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm. 23 September 2022.
`Why it's not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth'. (With Cristian Ducoing and Les Oxley). The Conversation. 14 September 2022.
`What can Scotland learn from Irish independence?' (with Seán Kenny). The Conversation. 20 May 2022.
`Famines: what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout' (with Chris Colvin and Matthias Blum). The Conversation. 31 March 2022.
`Could a 19th century economist unlock the Irish rental crisis' (with Niall Whelehan). RTE Brainstorm 26 October 2021
`Demographics and Pandemics: The Case of Two Irelands' (with Chris Colvin). Irish Times, 15 September 2020, online 16 September 2020.
`How to measure the demographic impact of a pandemic' (with Chris Colvin) . RTE Brainstorm, 22 June 2020
`How governments can make politically correct investments' (with Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm, 20 May 2020
`Coronavirus and Spanish: economic lessons to learn from the last truly global pandemic' (with Chris Colvin). The Conversation, 11 March 2020.
`Black Thursday: When two Cork city banks failed'. Holly Bough 2019.
`What will inflation mean for Irish energy and climate policies' (With Aisling Finucane and Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm. 23 September 2022.
`Why it's not anti-environmental to be in favour of economic growth'. (With Cristian Ducoing and Les Oxley). The Conversation. 14 September 2022.
`What can Scotland learn from Irish independence?' (with Seán Kenny). The Conversation. 20 May 2022.
`Famines: what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout' (with Chris Colvin and Matthias Blum). The Conversation. 31 March 2022.
`Could a 19th century economist unlock the Irish rental crisis' (with Niall Whelehan). RTE Brainstorm 26 October 2021
`Demographics and Pandemics: The Case of Two Irelands' (with Chris Colvin). Irish Times, 15 September 2020, online 16 September 2020.
`How to measure the demographic impact of a pandemic' (with Chris Colvin) . RTE Brainstorm, 22 June 2020
`How governments can make politically correct investments' (with Fergal O'Connor). RTE Brainstorm, 20 May 2020
`Coronavirus and Spanish: economic lessons to learn from the last truly global pandemic' (with Chris Colvin). The Conversation, 11 March 2020.
`Black Thursday: When two Cork city banks failed'. Holly Bough 2019.
Public Talks:
Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run: Genuine Savings Estimates 1850-2018
Presented at NBER CRIW Measuring and Accounting for Environmental Public Goods: A National Accounts Perspective, Spring 2023 [16 March 2023]
Tracing Sustainability in the Long Run: Genuine Savings Estimates 1850-2018
Presented at NBER CRIW Measuring and Accounting for Environmental Public Goods: A National Accounts Perspective, Spring 2023 [16 March 2023]
Political Economy of Secession: Lessons from the Early Years of the Irish Free State
Presented at the The Political Economy of Devolution in, and Secession from, the UK [19 November 2021]
Presented at the The Political Economy of Devolution in, and Secession from, the UK [19 November 2021]
Radio and podcasts:
RTE The Business, Previous Pandemics, 12 September 2020
At The Margin, 1 September 2020