Category: Environment
Food For Thought As We Ponder Our Return to Normal
Sean McCabe 20/04/2020
Around the world, all but those workers essential to the functioning of critical services are sitting at home waiting for a return to …
The Future of Work in Rural Communities in Ireland
Sean McCabe 13/12/2019
The Carnegie UK Trust-TASC Ensuring Good Future Jobs essay collection describes many of the key challenges faced by workers in Ireland today, and …
We can’t say we haven’t been warned!
Sean McCabe 16/08/2019
Two significant reports were published in the past fortnight. The first was released to much clamour and made headlines around the world. The second …
Climate action plan is nothing if it fails to address inequality
Sean McCabe 24/06/2019
- Appeared in the Irish Times, June 24, 2019. The 2019 climate action plan, taken at face value, aims to catapult Ireland from laggard to leader on …
How can the agricultural sector engage a Just Transition?
Sean McCabe 11/06/2019
The second part of this blog on a Just Transition for agriculture considers how to enact a Just Transition for agriculture in Ireland that …
Bold action on climate change needed now that we have declared emergency
Shana Cohen 14/05/2019
-Appeared in the Irish Times, May 14, 2019. Last week, Ireland became the second country in the world, after the UK, to declare a climate and …
How can the agricultural sector engage a Just Transition?
Sean McCabe 25/02/2019
How can the agricultural sector in Ireland participate in a Just Transition to constructively address inequality in the sector and tackle climate …
Think Tanks Should Put 'Public' Back in Policy
Shana Cohen 23/08/2018
According to the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Society Program, “think tanks are public policy research, analysis, and …
An Irish Entrepreneurial State’s Success
Paul Sweeney 25/04/2018
In a recent blog, we saw how economist Mariana Mazzucato demonstrated that it was not the hugely profitable and tax-avoiding tech firms which were …
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Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …
Sean McCabe
Sean holds an B.Sc in Applied Physics from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …