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I also write a column on property each week for the
Sunday Independent.
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Sunday Independent column on property:
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Accounts for banks, 25 January (on-line)
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Winding up Anglo, 18 Janaury (PDF)
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House prices more to fall, 11 January (PDF)
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Anglo's commercial exposure, 4 January (PDF)
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Caught in a deflation trap, 14 December (PDF)
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VAT cuts won't halt cross-border shopping, 7 December (PDF)
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UK housing crash to get worse, 30 November (PDF)
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How much capital do banks need? 23 November (PDF)
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Public sector reform, 16 November (PDF)
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Sweden's fiscal consolidation, 9 November (PDF)
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Help for SMEs, 2 November (PDF)
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Home Choice Loan, 26 October (PDF)
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Where are the equity stakes? 19 October (PDF)
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Time to axe bad banks, 5 October (PDF)
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Preventing financial meltdown, 28 September (PDF)
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The rumor mill on banks, 14 September (PDF)
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Budget 2008 - first step to recovery, 7 September (PDF)
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Lessons from Hong Kong, 31 August (PDF)
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Beware of State-backed lending, 24 August (PDF)
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Zombie construction companies, 17 August (PDF)
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When does negative equity matter?, 10 August (PDF)
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Just say No to vested interests' proposals, 3 August (PDF)
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Dealing with bad loans will be crucial, 27 July (PDF)
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External factors are not to blame, 20 July (PDF)
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Banks need to face reality of bad debts, 13 July (PDF)
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Grim outlook for commerical property, 6 July (PDF)
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It's worse in Spain, 29 June (PDF)
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Do's and Don'ts for policymakers, 22 June (PDF)
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Lessons for the future, 15 June (PDF)
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After the binge, the hangover, 8 June (PDF)
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Capital spending badly needed, 1 June (PDF)
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Ireland's best kept secret, 25 May (PDF)
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Commentators doing U-turns, 18 May (PDF)
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Banks are pulling back, 11 May (PDF)
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Lies, damn lies and statistics, 4 May (PDF)
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Bad international press, 27 April (PDF)
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New homebuilding slump, 20 April (PDF)
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No more decimal points! 13 April (PDF)
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The taxman cometh! 6 April (PDF)
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Let's get realistic about housing demand, 30 March (PDF)
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Prospects for home improvements, 23 March (PDF)
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Whistling past the graveyard, 16 March (PDF)
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Housing slump hits public finances, 9 March (PDF)
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We are still overbuilding, 2 March (PDF)
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Will we follow the US down? 24 February (PDF)
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Bad news! Rents are falling, 17 February (PDF)
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Dangers of dashed expectations, 10 February (PDF)
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The blame game has started, 3 February (PDF)
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The worst has yet to come! 27 January (PDF)
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Good news and bad news! 20 January (PDF)
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House prices versus house price indexes, 13 January (PDF)
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What’s in store for 2008? 6 January (PDF)
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Changes to stamp duty were a mistake, 16 December (PDF)
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Lessons from other countries’ experience, 9 December (PDF)
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Anybody got a bulldozer? 2 December (PDF)
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Will commercial property go the same way as housing? 25 November (PDF)
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Can banks rescue troubled developers? 18 November (PDF)
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Future Shock: Property Crash!
11 November (PDF)
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One year of house price declines down, four to go? 4 November (PDF)
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Are house prices overvalued by 20 percent? 28 October (PDF)
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What now for interest rates? 21 October (PDF)
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Keep an eye on land prices! 14 October (PDF)
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Cutting stamp duty will cost buyers, 7 October (582KB, PDF)
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Think twice about strange places, 30 September (601KB, PDF)
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Reckless lending prompts housing decline, 23 September
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History suggests landing will not be soft, 16 September
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Posse rounds up the usual suspects, 9 September (14KB, PDF)
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House prices are still much too high, 2 September (14KB, PDF)
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Prices delight in that migrant touch, 26 August
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Keep the first time for someone special, 19 August
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Housing market will face crack of the whip, 12 August
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Rent rate reverses signal trouble ahead, 5 August
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Housing crux will put GNP under threat, 29 July
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Will the banks go bust in a property slump?, 22 July
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ECB will slay our property monster, 15 July (25KB, PDF)
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Fed formula predicts slump, 8 July (20KB, PDF)
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It's time to decide what kind of banking system we really want," Irish Independent, 12 February 2009
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Penniless 'PIGS' give us a bad name," Sunday Independent, 8 February 2009
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Income tax rates will need to rise," Irish Times, 27 January 2009
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Winding up Anglo would not put deposits or borrowing in danger," Irish Independent, 22 January 2009
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Ireland's painful adjustment" EMU Monitor, 6 January 2009
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Pumping funds into failing banks is throwing good money after bad," Irish Independent, 18 December 2008
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Banks over-cautious on lending as private equity firms loom," Irish Independent, 27 November 2008
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Small firms vulnerable as credit squeeze seeps into real economy,"
Irish Independent, 6 November 2008
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Financial stability has yet to return to international markets," Irish Independent, 23 October 2008
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Dramatic pause as we play wait and see on bank rescue package," Irish Independent, 16 October 2008
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Should the budget contain measures to boost the property market?" Irish Times, 6 October 2008
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System needs revamping," The Sunday Times, 5 October 2008
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Bailout buys time but at the cost of inaction," Irish Independent, 2 October 2008 (PDF)
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Banks must pay fair price for very valuable insurance policy," Irish Times, 1 October 2008
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Sceptical US politicians slow to buy Paulson's $700bn bailout plan," Irish Independent, 25 September 2008
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Stop worrying, our bank deposits are safe," Sunday Independent, 21 September 2008
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Despite the turmoil a financial meltdown is not on the cards," Irish Independent, 18 September 2008
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Courage to say No to vested interests is vital for economy," Irish Times, 16 September 2008
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Commitment and stamina are required for fiscal consolidation," Irish Times, 6 September 2008
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ECB's success proves sceptics wrong," Irish Times, 30 May 2008
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Bertie's legacy," EMU Monitor, 6 April 2008
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Ireland's luck is running out," Interview in Business Week, 18 March 2008
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Will 2008 be a bad year for the Irish economy?" Irish Times, 31 December 2007
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Does investing in property still make sense?
" Interview in Sunday Tribune, 16 December 2007
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Europe's exporters squeezed," Interview in Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, 25 November 2007
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EU to press China over yuan," Interview in International Herald Tribune, 23 November 2007
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Credit crisis: the next step," Interview in Business & Finance, 23 November 2007
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Chinese 'currency swap' would further strengthen euro," Interview in EU Observer, 13 November 2007
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Resetting Europe’s place at the global financial table", with
Barry Eichengreen, VOX, 18 October 2007
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Is it time to cut stamp duty?" Sunday Business Post, 14 October 2007
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Lie of the land", The Irish Times, 28 September 2007
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ECB right to make no move on interest rates", The Irish Times, 7 September 2007
Is Alan Greenspan to blame for the current credit crisis?
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China and India take on the world", Book review of THE ELEPHANT AND THE DRAGON: THE RISE OF INDIA AND CHINA AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE REST OF US, by Robyn Meredith, Sunday Business Post, 26 August 2007
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US sub-prime crisis goes global", Sunday Business Post, 5 August 2007
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Can the American dream continue here?", The Irish Times, 29 June 2007 (20KB, PDF)
Comments on Ireland's competitiveness, "
The economy: handle with care" Irish Independent, In Business, 14 June 2007
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Don’t bet your house on a soft landing" Sunday Business Post, 22 April 2007
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Why Europe will not decouple from the US" EMU Monitor, 17 April 2007
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Irish concern about how long the Celtic Tiger will roar," Interview with AFP, 1 April 2007
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Some thoughts on the Lucas Paradox"
EMU Monitor, 23 January 2007
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Time to get out of rental property" Sunday Independent, 7 January 2007
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Ireland exposed by reliance on faltering US economy" Sunday Business Post, 31 December 2006
Comments on euro area enlargement, "
Joining the euro turns from dream to nightmare" European Voice, 23 November 2006
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Uncertain future for US economy" Sunday Business Post, 12 November 2006
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Heading to the Euro-Zone" (comments on Gallup poll on attitudes towards the Euro) European Agenda, 25 September 2006
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Reserve & Interest" (interview discussing Irish house prices) Irish Property Buyer, 1 July 2006
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Securing the future of investment" The Irish Times, 30 June 2006
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Y si estalla la burbuja, ¿qué hacemos?
" (with Juan Delgado) Cinco Dias, 27 March 2006
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Challenge for partnership talks is flexible reforms
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He approached his job like a detective
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Europe must prepare for fall in US dollar
" The Sunday Business Post, 1 January 2006
90-nendai Nihon no Seisansei Teimei-Zombie Kigyo Kasetsu karano Kensho (with Naoki Shinada), ESP (December 2005) pp.30-33
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Free-thinker with strong opinions may defy preconceptions
" The Irish Times, 28 October 2005
"We are on our own if the bubble bursts"
The Sunday Business Post, 9 October 2005
"What goes up often comes down - with a bang"
Sunday Independent, 9 October 2005
"Is there life after Greenspan?"
The Sunday Business Post, 4 September 2005
Radio
New tax revenues, Drivetime, RTE, 2 March 2009
Anglo Irish Bank crisis, This Week, RTE, 22 February 2009
Public sector pension levy, Morning Ireland, RTE, 4 February 2009
Crisis in the State's finances, News at One, RTE, 27 January 2009
Anglo Irish nationalisation, Morning Ireland, RTE, 20 January 2009
Nationalisation of Anglo Irish, Drivetime, RTE, 16 January 2009
ECB interest rate cuts, Morning Ireland, RTE, 15 January 2009
Is the IMF coming?,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 14 January 2009
Economic situation in Ireland,
The Wide Angle, Newstalk, 11 January 2009
Worst yet to come? This Week, RTE, 4 January 2009
Why is Anglo Irish Bank being saved?, Drivetime, RTE, 23 December 2008
Is Anglo worth saving?,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 22 December 2008
US Fed drops rates to near zero, Morning Ireland, RTE, 17 December 2008
Budget crisis, Drivetime, RTE, 9 December 2008
Stimulus plan for Irish economy,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 9 December 2008
UK Budget,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 24 November 2008
British Government stimulus package, Morning Ireland, RTE, 24 November 2008
Shake up in Ireland's banking sector,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 21 November 2008
Reforming Irish banks, Late Debate, RTE, 20 November 2008
Irish bank move inevitable, Morning Ireland, RTE, 19 November 2008
Outlook for global economy,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 6 November 2008
ECB to cut interest rates, Morning Ireland, RTE, 6 November 2008
Effects of the financial downturn, Morning Ireland, RTE, 31 October 2008
Recapitalising Irish banks, Today with Pat Kenny, RTE, 23 October 2008
Budget 2009 Analysis, Late Debate, RTE, 16 October 2008
Irish bank bailout,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 15 October 2008
Budget 2009, Drivetime, RTE, 14 October 2008
Extending bank bailout, scheme
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 9 October 2008
ECB interest rate decision, Morning Ireland, RTE, 2 October 2008
Banking crisis, Late Debate, RTE, 2 October 2008
Views on Irish bank bailout,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 30 September 2008
Irish bank bailout, Today with Pat Kenny, RTE, 30 September 2008
Construction industry's pre-budget submission, Drivetime, RTE, 29 September 2008
America on the verge of financial meltdown ,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 26 September 2008
Ireland officially in recession,
Good Morning Ulster, BBC Radio, 26 September, 2008
Paulson plan to rescue banks,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 25 September 2008
US financial markets crisis,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 25 September 2008
US banking bailout,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 22 September 2008
US mortgage market rescue plan, Down to Business, Newstalk, 20 September 2008
Market meltdown,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 16 September 2008
Global shares plunge amid US bank failures, Morning Ireland, RTE, 16 September 2008
Fannie and Freddie bailout, Morning Ireland, 8 September 2008
Developers offering incentives, Drivetime, RTE, 4 September 2008
Budget moved forward, Drivetime, RTE, 3 September 2008
National pay talks,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 12 August 2008
Unions pay claims, Morning Ireland, RTE, 7 August
Newspaper panel, Marian Finucane Show, RTE, 3 August 2008
Proposal to scrap stamp duty,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 18 July 2008
Fine Gael plan on stamp duty,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 14 July 2008
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rescue,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 14 July 2008
US government to bolster mortgage agencies, Morning Ireland, RTE, 14 July
More developers to go bankrupt, Drivetime, RTE, 9 July 2008
Discussion of the economy, Saturday View, RTE, 5 July 2008
Ireland's economy in recession, This Week, RTE, 29 June 2008
ECB interest rate decision,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 5 June 2008
Interest rates hikes on the way, Morning Ireland, 5 June 2008
House prices still falling,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 29 May 2008
Doubts over National Development Plan, Morning Ireland, RTE, 29 May 2008
Galway house prices,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 9 May 2008
Inflated sales prices,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 29 April 2008
Estate agents lying about prices,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 28 April 2008
Bank of England package not a bail out, News at One, RTE, 21 April 2008
Banks tighten lending rules,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 16 April 2008
IMF forecasts for global economy, Drivetime, RTE, 9 April 2008
Growth could be zero, News at One, RTE, 1 April 2008
Economic recession,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 1 April 2008
Housing Crisis Deepens Across Britain, Europe, NPR Radio, 21 March 2008
U.S. banking crisis, Morning Ireland, RTE, 18 March 2008
Newspaper panel, Marian Finucane Show, RTE, 16 March 2008
Global financial meltdown,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 14 March 2008
Little chance of early ECB moves, Drivetime, RTE, 6 March 2008
Dollar falls to new lows, Morning Ireland, RTE, 3 March 2008
EU Commission warning to Ireland,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 19 February 2008
What's ahead for interest rates?,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 31 January 2008
The Fed's and ECB's response to the Crash ,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 22 January 2008
The Crash of 2008, Morning Ireland, RTE, 22 January 2008
Prospects for commerical property, Today with Pat Kenny, RTE, 15 January 2008
How low can the US recession go? Morning Ireland, RTE, 10 January 2008
2007 Memories, Morning Ireland, RTE, 31 December 2007
Greenspan warns of stagflation, Morning Ireland, RTE, 18 December 2007
Prospects for US economy, Morning Ireland, RTE, 12 December 2007
Budget 2008, Late Debate, RTE, 6 December 2007
Budget 2008,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 5 December 2007
Prospects for Budget 2008 Drivetime, RTE, 4 December 2007
Latest on the housing slump,
Lunchtime with Eamon Keane, Newstalk 106-108FM, 27 November 2007
Stability of Irish banks,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 14 November 2007
Problems at Irish investment companies,
The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, 13 November 2007
Prospects for Irish economy, Today with Pat Kenny, RTE, 8 November 2007
Pre-Budget 2008 outlook, Late Debate, RTE, 18 October 2007
Outlook for Irish economy,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 28 September 2007
Prospects for Irish economy, Today with Pat Kenny, RTE, 24 September 2007
Northern Rock bailout, Morning Ireland, RTE, 18 September 2007
Alan Greenspan's new book, Morning Ireland, RTE, 17 September 2007
Housing slump,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 6 September 2007
US property market fears, This Week, RTE, 2 September 2007
Ireland's housing slump,
The Sunday Business Show, Today FM, 26 August 2007
Fed interest rate cut,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 17 August 2007
US subprime crisis,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 16 August 2007
Global credit crisis,
The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, 13 August 2007
ECB efforts to avert credit market crisis, Morning Ireland, RTE, 10 August 2007
Ireland's housing market,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 8 August 2007
Housing market, Today with Pat Kenny, RTE, 9 July 2007
Week's news and events, Sunday with Rachael English, RTE, 8 July 2007
Ireland's housing market, News at One, RTE, 3 July 2007
Ireland's housing market,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 3 July 2007
Effect of stamp duty, Morning Ireland, RTE, 21 June 2007
House prices and zoning,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 11 June 2007
Ireland's creaking property market,
The Business, RTE, 10 June 2007
Irish house prices,
Lunchtime with Eamon Keane, Newstalk 106-108FM, 31 May 2007
New data on credit growth, Morning Ireland, RTE, 1 May 2007
Political parties' economic agendas,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 20 April 2007
Ireland's housing market,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 16 April 2007
Prospects for property market crash,
The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, 16 April 2007
Rise in the euro, Morning Ireland, RTE, 11 April 2007
Prospects for house prices, Drivetime, RTE, 30 March 2007
Bust in Irish house prices,
Lunchtime with Eamon Keane, Newstalk 106-108FM, 19 March 2007
Volatility in global stock markets,
The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, 15 March 2007
Multinationals leaving Ireland,
The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, 7 March 2007
PD's proposed tax cuts,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 19 February 2007
New
Daft.ie housing market report,
The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, 1 February 2007
Ireland's international competitiveness,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 30 January 2007
Irish house prices,
Lunchtime with Eamon Keane, Newstalk 106-108FM, 22 January 2007
Rental property market,
Lunchtime with Eamon Keane, Newstalk 106-108FM, 8 January 2007
Oil prices, Morning Ireland, RTE, 5 January 2007
Ireland's property bubble, Drivetime, RTE, 1 January 2007
U.S. subprime mortgage market,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 14 December 2006
Fed interest rate decision and the dollar,
The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, 12 December 2006
ECB interest rate hike,
Business Tonight, RTE, 7 December 2007
Analysis of Budget 2007,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 6 December 2006
Drop in the dollar,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 4 December 2006
Ireland's housing market,
The Right Hook with George Hook, Newstalk 106-108FM, 23 November 2006
Moody's report on Irish house prices, Morning Ireland, RTE, 21 November 2006
Chinese loans to Africa, The Breakfast Show, Newstalk 106-108FM, Novermber 2006
Appointment of new US Treasury Secretary, Morning Ireland, RTE, 31 May 2006
Future of the Euro,
The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4, 10 May 2006
Bank of Japan's monetary policy, Five Seven Live, RTE, 9 March 2006
Alan Greenspan's last day at the Fed, Morning Ireland, RTE, 31 January 2006
Fed interest rate hike, Morning Ireland, RTE, 14 December 2005
Global current account imbalances, The Sunday Business Show, Today FM, 11 December 2005
Irish house prices,
The Last Word with Matt Cooper, Today FM, 10 October 2005
Television
Fight for financial survival, Prime Time, 26 February 2009
Questions and Answers, RTE, 9 February 2009
Ways to save the economy, Prime Time, RTE, 27 January 2009
Frontline: Economy Special, Prime Time, RTE, 14 January 2009
Crisis in public finances, Prime Time, RTE, 2 December 2008
Budget 2009 Programme, RTE, 14 October 2008
Stocks fall on world markets, Prime Time, RTE, 16 September 2008
Contribution to discussion of economic outlook, Prime Time, RTE, 18 October 2007
Contribution to special programme on Ireland, Today Show, NBC, 1 May 2007
Contribution to
Future Shock: Property Crash, RTE, 16 April 2007
Euro area enlargement on CNBC's "Europe This Week" 10 March 2006
China's economy on "The Big Bite" with David McWilliams, RTE, 2 March 2006
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