Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Your irregular reminder ( and not picking on this paper in particular) that “causal effect” is a pleonasm. If it ain’t causal it ain’t an effect. By the same token, “non-causal effect” is an oxymoron. 010
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Interested in competitive balance in senior GAA All Ireland? this show the evolution of the Herfindahl Index of winning counties using a rolling 15 year window. Hurling and football( in blue) following a different trend of late #UpTheDubs 010
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 23/05/2026It’s easy enough to calculate. I just told Claude what I wanted. 010
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The Herfindahl index is a measure of concentration -it has various names. It’s the sum of squared shares. I calculated it based on the share of the English premiership/1st division a club won, on a rolling 15 year window. 100
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I have a new working paper www.ucd.ie/economics/t4... 010
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 23/03/2026www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026... my UCD colleague Cormac Ó Gráda with an important contributionirishtimes.comOpinion: Why did it take so long for famine to be declared in Gaza?A more interesting question is why there wasn’t a major famine in Gaza, given the bombing, displacement and blockade. Part of the answer surely lies in Gaza’s human and social capital 000
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 25/02/2026www.cnet.com/tech/service...cnet.comThis AI Tool Doesn't Help With Homework. It Does It for YouEinstein is a new AI tool that can watch lecture videos, read essays, write papers, complete quizzes and basically take your class for you. 000
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 28/01/2026www.ucd.ie/research/imp...ucd.iePreparing for Life: changing children’s life courses through early parenting support 010
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Apparently people find it useful job search wise but yeah 010
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Some classic John Hinde postcards of Dún Laoghaire 120
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 10/01/2026My esteemed colleague Cormac Ó Gráda is giving the ESRI’s Geary Lecture on Wednesday January 21st 4pm 020
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 10/01/2026www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se... Highly recommendedtheguardian.comHamnet review – Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal excel in stately Shakespeare drama with overwhelming finaleThe two stars are knockouts in Chloé Zhao’s poignant adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel with a stirring tearjerker ending 000
Reposted by Kevin DennyRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 08/01/2026Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, according to the retraction notices.retractionwatch.comFinance professor in Ireland loses 12 papers in journals he editedBrian Lucey Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, ac… 0157
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 07/01/2026www.independent.ie/irish-news/p... Publisher retracts 12 papers co-authored by Trinity College Dublin finance professorindependent.iePublisher retracts 12 papers co-authored by Trinity College Dublin finance professorA finance professor at Trinity College Dublin is disputing a decision by a global academic publishing company to retract 12 papers he co-authored. 010
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 05/01/2026english.elpais.com/science-tech...english.elpais.comThe fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishingOne of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill... 100
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 01/01/2026In my defence, I’d just finished being head of school. I’m still holding out hope for Mayo for Sam 020
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 01/01/2026I’m hanging in there Aidan. I reckon I have only a few decades left . 120
Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 29/12/2025It was something he rushed off while writing Manna Karenina 010
Reposted by Kevin DennyJoni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 29/12/2025People should talk much more about this. This should be Elon Musk’s legacy 18436