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Edgar Morgenroth

@morgenrothedgar.bsky.social
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Professor of Economics. Dublin, Ireland Policy analysis, data analysis, geo-economics. Argumentative/streitbar! Private account

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 9h
Looks like we are heading yet again to the collapse of the Stormont assembly.
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Ciarán Cuffe @ciarancuffe.bsky.social · 10h
Budget Day in Ireland. Seems like greyhound racing did well: sadly can't say the same for climate action.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 10h
@rte.ie here is your opportunity
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 10h
Das zeigt aber auch das Merz die Partei auch nicht im Griff hat. Da müssen jetzt auch von der Bundes-CDU Konsequenzen forge!
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 11h
Another columnist was enraged at a Department’s expenditure on “flower arrangements”. Yes, these were flowers sent to the funerals of deceased colleagues. Yes, this small gesture of sympathy was cut so the greyhound tracks could be kept open.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 12h
Looks like noone remembers Board Snip!
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Ray Minehane @rayminehane.bsky.social · 12h
This is a disgrace! Inflation 27% over the period and only a 21% increase !! This is private for profit horse and greyhound racing peope, not something trivial like the elderly or people with disabilities. There will be dozens of us on the streets. Dozens!!!
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Ricarda Lang @ricardalang.eurosky.social · 17h
Es geht nicht „nur“ um einen Parlamentspräsidenten: Die Abstimmung heute in Magdeburg ist die Vorbereitung für die Wahl von Siegmund zum Ministerpräsidenten Sachsen-Anhalts - also die Machtübernahme einer rechtsextremen Partei. Und ein weiterer Schritt zur bundesweiten Normalisierung der AfD.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 19h
The 7 stages of Western "concern" 1 This is concerning 2 This is increasingly concerning 3 We are now deeply concerned 4 We are now gravely concerned 5 There will be consequences 6 We demand answers 7 It is important not to escalate the situation
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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 19h
Weird that 3 US companies -- Apple (€4.1bn), Microsoft (€5.6bn) and Eli Lilly (€5.7bn) -- now pay for people's heating oil, pension increases and tax cuts in this Budget. Near directly. They file windfall taxes = we hike social spending and cut our income tax. Utter, depressing dependence.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 19h
Basically all European states have financial issues and basically all are discussing (further) restricting social services/support/etc for the wealthier. See UK re childcare above £100 000. I totally get it. However: we need to acknowledge that this is creating a social contract problem.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 18h
Big but perhaps not entirely surprising!
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 19h
And still it is NOT the best project for NI or Donegal. If people really believed in a United Ireland then the best way to improve the transport connectivity of Donegal and Derry would be investment in the connection to the much closer Belfast.
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Andrew Coogan @cooganlab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As it is the week of the Nobel prizes and also the week of the Budget here, I thought it worth flagging the pretty pathetic record of the Irish state in supporting academic research (in case you can't see, Ireland is at the bottom between Chile and Cost Rica).
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Remember that Euro Oil makes more money if they sell more oil. What else would the fossil fuel lobby say?
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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Is #Budget2027 risking Ireland's economy for political gain? DCU's Prof @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social warns that overspending is unwise, but the main risk lies in tax policy, narrowing the tax base leaves Ireland vulnerable to shocks. Listen on @newstalkfm.bsky.social: launch.dcu.ie/4y3eLFh
Prof Edgar Morgenroth
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
40 Jahre brainwashing haben einen langen Schatten hinterlassen.
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Ray Minehane @rayminehane.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hitler back on the Pope’s favourite social network. Have to make his position clear
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Gareth O’Connor @garethoconnor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is this the ‘October surprise’?
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A statement from the head of the @boell.de Foundation, the political foundation behind the German Green Party. 👇
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
His AI clearly failed badly seeing that the Pope is elected.
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Conor Hogarty @conorhogarty.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The south sees Drumcree and thinks: we don’t want that sectarian mindset down here. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
irishtimes.com
Pat Leahy: What do Northern Ireland’s swing ‘persuadables’ see in Drumcree?
For those in south, the events highlight the continuing divisions in Northern Ireland
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At what point will Romania step in? Maybe the Transnistria problem needs to be eliminated too.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 03/10/2026
Ireland is the last stand for rare coastal machair habitats in the EU – but it’s failing
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Ireland is the last stand for rare coastal machair habitats in the EU – but it’s failing
Funding nature restoration looks like an easy line to leave blank in the budget. That would be an expensive mistake
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You better believe it. Just wait for russia to stop supplying gas to Europe this winter.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There is a BIG difference between an ICE band and a ban of new ICEs @politico.eu and you shouldn't perpetuate misinformation!
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks for confirming, yet again, that russia does not accept international law.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 30/09/2026
“Putin has gone even crazier,” a senior Ukrainian official told The Economist. “He ordered attacks on everything civilian. They want people to be afraid of going to the supermarket.” www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
economist.com
Putin’s new bombardment of Kyiv has a terrible logic
A Russian terror campaign aims to cripple the capital even before winter hits
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That is actually government policy! That is what lower emissions means.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yarmouk is a refugee camp full of Palestinians that we besieged, starved, and butchered in 2013. There was little international interest. For some reason. We need lessons from no one.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it™️
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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heat pump installation -- nerdy, nasty, ugly. Can it, then, at least save the world? 👇Recent report by @iea.org confirms that the answer is yes, to a surprisingly high degree.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The full impact of Climate Change yet to be felt
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨🚨Quite a scoop: A #US based data-extraction firm accused of being secretly run from #Russia has worked on #EU-backed projects and sold its services to European #lawenforcement agencies. www.politico.eu/article/russ...
politico.eu
Russian tech surveillance company infiltrated Europe’s law enforcement agencies
The same technology used by Western police was allegedly being developed in Russia and sold to Russian security services.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Symptomatisch für Deutschland heute. Mittelmaß aber einen Prämienanspruch! Wenn man den Ball nur von links nach Rechts passen kann, wird man kein Spiel gewinnen. Kimmich in der Mite ist da eher ein Problem als eine Lösung.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No shortage of spending in these areas. There are plenty of more affluent areas that don't have such a playground. It's not lack of spending that's the problem.
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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meta can ban: - Adverts for a Virginia Woolf play because of “feminism” - Ads for a documentary about Elon Musk. Meta seemingly cannot ban: - Generative AI Child Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Material, adverts and content.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's turning into a bigger farce all the time. You either play or don't. If you don't then let's see if that's the decision in other cases down the line (we know it wasn't previously). If you play make a statement on the pitch by beating Israel but I get the sense the players don't back themselves.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It is quite clear that Sinn Fein is no longer happy with the GFA. 30 years on it didn't deliver a United Ireland that the hard men were promised. You can see the leadership getting increasingly hysterical.
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Pascal @pascallth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Life under occupation is just another death But sure, don't worry about actually liberating Ukraine - a ceasefire along the frontline will be just fine
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you want to know what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what the Kremlin says today.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Deshalb?? Man errinnere soch daran wo deutsche Soldaten stationery sind.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it™️
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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 26/09/2026
📊 Chart of the week: Notified subsidies to automotive investment in the EU, by country and by origin of recipient company 📑 Read the new Policy Brief by Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Ignacio García Bercero, Antoine Mathieu Collin, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social & @tagliapietra.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/2pW3xbX
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Suprise surprise! And that is exactly why Sinn Fein have been trying every trick in the book to dismiss the substantial long term costs of a United Ireland.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The report also found old electric vehicles stay on the road at double the rate of combustion vehicles: at age 15, the road exit rate for BEVs is 5.4 per cent, compared to 11.9 per cent for petrol vehicles.” thedriven.io/2026/09/24/e...
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Electric cars are more durable than petrol equivalents, and last longer - major report finds
A study of millions of vehicles reveals that EVs are much less likely to fail compared to petrol equivalents, and will last a lot longer.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 25/09/2026
Several businesses in the solar panel industry had their premises searched by gardaí and officers from the consumer watchdog as part of an investigation into potential bid-rigging jrnl.ie/7173413
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Solar panel businesses searched by gardaí and watchdog in bid-rigging investigation
Bid-rigging is an illegal practice where competing businesses secretly collude to determine the winner of a tender process.
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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
But the Chinese maintain that they are neutral in this conflict. Interesting definition of neutral!
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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I agree with this by @andrewchak.bsky.social 100 per cent.
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