John O'Brien
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Irish Economist (Posts mainly public bookmarks)
Current account balance estimates (% GDP) of the United Kingdom by component since 1800. Source: World Historical BoP Database
wbop.world#data
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Global trade exports (% of world GDP) from 1800-2025. Source: Nievas & Piketty's Historical BoP Database
wbop.world#data
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Great course if you're interested in Irish economic history - learnt a lot last year - highly recommend!
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Peter Geoghegan
4 months ago
So shocked Conor Gearty has died He was a fearless lawyer, teacher and writer He was also one of the wittiest, smartest people you’d ever meet. It was an honour to call him a friend I will miss him, terribly. Thoughts with his family, in London and Longford
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Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon) - Matrix Chambers
It is with shock and sadness that we mourn the sudden passing of our valued colleague, and a founding member of Matrix, Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon). Should you wish to leave a message of condolenc...
https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/professor-conor-gearty-kc-hon/
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Population of the Republic of Ireland was 5.5 million in April 2025, according to latest CSO estimates
www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...
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Population of Ireland (5.44m) is now the 18th highest in the European Union overtaking Slovakia (5.42m), according to latest Eurostat estimates
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Irish-born population living in Ireland and abroad by county/state in 1870/71. Largest population were in New York (528,806), Cork (501,664) and Antrim (391,816).
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Number of people from the Republic of Ireland living abroad was around 714,000 in 2024, according to latest UN migrant stock estimates
www.un.org/development/...
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Stephen Kinsella
12 months ago
Irish independent Friday, December 4, 1987. Scrap useless Seanad. Young accept bleak future here. Pressure grows to quit work early. Cigarette sales start to level off.
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Ireland's GDP and NNI per capita as a % of the world average from 1970-2023. (Source: WID)
wid.world/data/
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The composition of the global population by income and poverty line groups in 1990 and 2024
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about 1 year ago
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Ian Richardson
about 1 year ago
The 2024 Irish general election is only days away. But how did your area vote in 2020? And how does that look with the new constituency boundaries? Find out more here
ianrichardson.shinyapps.io/GE2020_Resul...
with this interactive map of 1st preference votes.
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Nothing odd at all here! Worth listening to this very interesting discussion.
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about 1 year ago
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Current & future retirement ages for a man with a full career from age 22 in OECD countries
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
about 1 year ago
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Female share of household labour income over the past three decades in the UK -
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www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
about 1 year ago
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Share of foreign-trained doctors & nurses in European countries in 2023
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
about 1 year ago
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