I enjoyed this chat with @laurabyrne.bsky.social on @thejournal.ie Explainer Podcast.
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30.07.2025 17:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Very true- we don't have council tax & property tax is low in Ireland, and there are no direct water charges. On the other hand, healthcare costs are higher on average here, the tax rate is higher than in the UK & higher rates kick in earlier.
Too many factors to discuss them all in one article!
24.06.2025 09:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My piece today on why the price level in Ireland is so high:
24.06.2025 07:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Looking forward to @isweconomics.bsky.social events in the Central Bank today! First up,
a media engagement session with @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social editor on how to pitch articles and share research with the public.
16.06.2025 07:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Emma Howard on forecasting errors and vegetarian diets. Are vegetarians good are predicting how others react to their requests? @howardemma.bsky.social
08.05.2025 13:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Very much looking forward to this! Join us in the Central Bank of Ireland for the ISWE conference- free to attend.
Paper submission details and registration link ⬇️
04.04.2025 11:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU alcohol - what’s next? | Newstalk
What happens when trade talks turn into threats? President Trump has warned of a 200% tariff on E...
I joined @antonsavage.bsky.social on The Hard Shoulder on @newstalkfm.bsky.social yesterday evening to discuss the latest of Trump's tariff threats.
If you missed it, you can listen back:
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
14.03.2025 11:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Newspaper Panel
On The Newspaper Panel this week, Brendan is joined by; Michael Kelly, Public Affairs Director with ‘Aid to the Church in Need’ and former Editor of The Irish Catholic, Dr Emma Howard, Economist at TU...
I joined Brendan O’Connor on @rteradio1.bsky.social this morning to discuss all the big stories in this week’s papers; including the Taoiseach’s trip to the White House, Tariffs, Housing,
Rugby, and the Irish presidential election.
If you missed it you can listen back:
www.rte.ie/radio/podcas...
09.03.2025 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reminder ⏰
There are still some places left for our #IWD2025 event in the University of Galway on Monday 10th at 11am.
Register now to secure your place:
buytickets.at/irishsociety...
05.03.2025 10:39 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
If you’re in Galway on March 10th or can travel there, come along to this #IWD2025 event!
21.02.2025 16:29 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Spoiler alert-no!
My piece in @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social today.
12.02.2025 14:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#StormEowyn wreaking havoc in Knocklyon. Creaking during breakfast and then a big smash. Goodbye Mr. Wall as my 8yo lamented…🙈
24.01.2025 10:16 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Huge demand for this event, we need more races like it in Dublin! (And entries weren’t cheap!)
Website kept crashing and lots of people in my running club didn’t manage to get an entry. Felt a bit like trying to get Oasis tickets but without the dynamic pricing…
08.01.2025 19:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My festive piece in @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social today 🙂
19.12.2024 17:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
'If you can’t see it, you can’t be it’, increasing the visibility of women economists in the media is one step towards mending the leaky pipeline and improving gender equality in economics. This study provides important insights into an under-researched topic and identifies strategies to do so.(6/6)
16.12.2024 20:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Women are under-represented in economics in Ireland studies suggest that women experts are under-represented in the Irish media. To date however, there has been no research on gender differences in economists’ media engagement in Ireland, or to the best of our knowledge, internationally (5/6)
16.12.2024 20:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Although women economists feel equally well equipped for media engagement, they are less confident and more likely to say that it's not an important part of work, compared to men. However, they feel a greater responsibility to inform the public about their research and to act as role models (4/6)
16.12.2024 20:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This translates into sizable differences between men and women economists in the number of appearances on television and radio programmes and in print media over the course of their careers as shown in Table 2 from the paper (3/6)
16.12.2024 20:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Using data from a self-reported online survey of Irish economists, we find that women economists are less likely to be invited to participate in news media, are more likely to refuse, and require longer to prepare for an interview compared to their male counterparts. (2/6)
16.12.2024 20:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
“If You Can’t See It, You Can’t Be It!” News Media Engagement and Gender Differences Among Irish Economists | The Economic and Social Review
Women are under-represented across most facets of economics. One under-investigated area of research is their participation in the media. The absence of female representation may contribute to the perception of economics as a largely male dominated discipline, with consequences for role modelling, influencing public debate, and ultimately policy decisions. Using an online self-reported survey, this study investigates levels of news media engagement among economists in Ireland and the supply-side factors influencing barriers to engaging with the media. We find that women economists are less likely to be invited to participate in news media events compared to their male counterparts. Women are also more likely to refuse to participate and require longer to prepare for an interview. While there are no gender differences regarding feeling equipped to deal with the media, women are less confident and more likely to state that media engagement is not an important part of their working lives. Despite this, women feel a greater responsibility to inform the public about the implications of their research, and to act as role models for junior economists. Our findings suggest that a multi-faceted approach is required to achieve greater gender equality – by economists themselves, who could build media networks and promote their research through different channels; by employers, who could give women economists more time to engage with the media; by journalists, who could better foster and build relationships with women economists; and by representative bodies, who could better communicate the depth and diversity of economists’ areas of expertise.
Delighted to see our paper, “If You Can’t See It, You Can’t Be It!” News Media Engagement and Gender Differences Among Irish Economists, co-authored with @orladoyle.bsky.social
published in the winter edition of @econsocrev.bsky.social
Full paper available here: esr.ie/index.php/es...
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16.12.2024 20:36 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Last Friday before the polls opened, I was happy to talk to @cnbc.com about the Irish general election and the economic risks facing a new government.
I also contributed to their piece on the Irish election: www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/11/...
03.12.2024 08:55 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Economic and Social Review is Ireland's leading journal for economics and applied social science and is now on Bluesky. Please follow and share folks! @orladoyle.bsky.social
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27.11.2024 15:37 — 👍 8 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0
Should we rethink Ireland’s retirement age? | Newstalk
With Ireland’s population ageing at a faster rate than almost any other European country, the C...
I joined @kierancuddihy.bsky.social on the Hard Shoulder on Newstalk this evening to discuss the difficult policy choices we face to prepare for the future costs of an aging population.
If you missed it you can listen back here:
www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
26.11.2024 22:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Advancing evidence-based policymaking that supports economic sustainability and social progress in Ireland | ESRI.ie
Empirical economist interested in energy, sustainable transport and the environment | Postdoctoral Researcher, UCD Economics and NexSys
Architect Asst Professor @UCDDublin @UCDArch FRIAI RIBA ARB opinions my own #Housing #Architecture #Construction #CovidIsAirborne #ClimateAction
Head of Sustainability Education in TU Dublin. Chairperson of Connecting Cabra. Birder, book-lover, #andacyclist. Views expressed are personal.
Technological University Dublin. #WeAreTUDublin #GoBeyondLearning. TU Dublin is a registered charity RCN 20204754
PhD. Senior Lecturer TU Dublin Sustainability & Action Research, Transport, Walkability, Walking, Cycling, Civil Engineering, Public Health, Behaviour Science, Social Cohesion, Gender, Human Centred Design...
Lecturer at TU Dublin
Board of Screen Ireland and National Gallery
Marketing discipline 🎓 Education for Sustainable Development🌿 Responsible Marketing. The impact of digital on marketing practices, B2B, and sustainable / circular behaviour is an area of interest for PhD and MPhil research supervision
Work in Communications, opinions are all mine! Dublin
Insight into progress and well-being in Ireland and around the world from the author of ‘In Fact: An Optimist’s Guide to Ireland at 100’. Optimism and positivity abound.
City dweller | #ClimateVoter | Co-chair @europeangreens.eu
Behavioural Research Unit at ESRI & Trinity College Dublin School of Psychology. All views my own. Our lab page is: http://esri.ie/bru
Economist, central banker, citizen.
Professor of Economics, Trinity College Dublin
Health Economist: Senior Lecturer, University College Cork. Interested in HTAs, economic evaluations, women in economics & economics education. All views are my own.
New ideas, insights & thinking on Ireland & the world. From @RTE.ie with @ucc.ie @dublincityuni.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie
PhD Researcher in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, Centre for Economics, Policy and History. MRes @ EUI ECO, MSc ODID_QEH. Previously RA @ESRIDublin, Committee member @ISWEconomics.
(She/Her, Sí/Í). All views my own.
Professor in Economics, Trinity College Dublin. Capoerista.
Sustainability advisor; duck monitor; erstwhile journalist.
Postdoctoral researcher at @esri.ie
Applied economist working on labour, inequality, and poverty
PhD from @unistra.fr
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