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Lecturer in social policy at UCD, Ireland and senior policy adviser to Age Action Ireland. Views are personal.

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@natpolicy @natpolicy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m honoured to speak in a panel discussion this evening at the launch of TASC’s annual report on equality in Ireland. It’s particularly special as TASC is 25 this year. Sadly, while the economy is expanding, Ireland still has entrenched inequalities that haven’t gone away.
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Policy Press @policypress.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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TASC - Think Tank for Action on Social Change @tascireland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What would a left-led government in #Ireland actually look like & how much could it realistically change? @natpolicy.bsky.social examines the political, fiscal #policy challenges that any future government beyond Fianna Fáil & Fine Gael would face. www.tasc.ie/blog/2026/05... #Democracy
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TASC - Think Tank for Action on Social Change @tascireland.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
In a new blog, A Defence of Taxation, Revisited, @natpolicy.bsky.social explores why Ireland’s heavy reliance on multinational corporation tax creates fiscal risks, & why a sustainable system based on collective investment in public services is needed. Read here: www.tasc.ie/blog/2026/03...
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A Defence of Taxation, Revisited
In 2014, TASC published A Defence of Taxation.
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@natpolicy @natpolicy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
As @tascireland.bsky.social approaches its 25th anniversary, I’ve written a few posts, starting with this one about the links between economic #inequality and the rise of #populism. www.tasc.ie/blog/2026/02...
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Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism, Revisited
In 2017, I published a paper entitled Three Connections between Rising Economic Inequality and the Rise of Populism.
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@natpolicy @natpolicy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
One of the known risks of extreme weather and events worsened by climate change is that insurance companies in some places will go bust, either leaving governments to step in or households and businesses to be ruined.
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@natpolicy @natpolicy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Everyone should read this before voting in #GE24 for unsustainable tax cuts. Ireland needs to revisit the last Tax and Welfare Commission report and get serious about broadening and deepening our tax base. www.thejournal.ie/readme/irela...
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Opinion: Wake up — Ireland is in serious trouble now Trump is taking office
UCD’s Aidan Regan says one US Treasury decision could massively disrupt Ireland’s economic model.
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Ann Stapleton BL @annstapleton.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#GE24 alternative policy to eliminate child poverty by 2030
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@natpolicy @natpolicy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Working link: publicpolicy.ie/papers/the-n...
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The Next Government Could Eliminate Consistent Poverty by 2030 – Public Policy
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@natpolicy @natpolicy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
While most parties promise to spend billions here and there after #ge24, my UCD Geary Institute paper on my report for the Community Platform argues that the next government could eliminate consistent poverty - including taking all 57,840 children out of consistent poverty - for €450 million.
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