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COLUMN: A tale of three tariff wars

At its foundation in 1922, the Irish Free State had almost no manufacturing enterprises. The Census of Production in 1926 described an economy where...

19.04.2025 10

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John Bradley

COLUMN: Is Amazon good for the Irish economy?

The theme of my column this week is prompted by the recent launch of a new Irish sales portal (amazon.ie). In the past, when Irish consumers used the...

05.04.2025 10

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John Bradley

OPINION: A rummage through Ireland’s economic closet

I was recently decluttering and came across a mountain of old reports and documents from an era before scanners were available or the ‘cloud’ had...

22.03.2025 10

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John Bradley

OPINION: Masters of War or Defenders of Peace?

Unlike in many other countries, we seldom see uniformed military personnel walking our streets or on public transport. We have a kind of ‘hidden’...

06.03.2025 10

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John Bradley

OPINION: Is there anyone in charge here?

Some years ago I was on car parking duty in Murrisk very early in the dark morning of Reek Sunday. The weather was dreadful: heavy rain and gale force...

23.02.2025 10

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John Bradley

OPINION: Weather warnings and future dilemmas for Mayo and the West

There had been rough weather in the preceding days, but a calm had arrived and the currachs were launched to fish a few kilometres offshore. Groups of...

06.02.2025 10

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John Bradley

OPINION: Tracing rural Ireland’s woes to the Congested Districts Board’s dissolution

Concern about the decline of rural Ireland didn’t start in the 1950s. Today’s neglect of the northwest region had origins in the colonial period...

23.01.2025 10

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John Bradley

OPINION: The threat posed by Trump’s policies is real, but our economy is stronger now

It took a while for the significance of Donald Trump’s victory on November 5 to sink in here. Countries such as Ukraine and the UK made pre-emptive...

10.01.2025 8

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John Bradley

Rural thoughts from the centre

THE Irish Times recently contained a curious column written by Michael McDowell, former leader of the Progressive Democrats (PDs), former Tánaiste...

25.12.2024 10

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John Bradley