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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Current account balance estimates (% GDP) of the United Kingdom by component since 1800. Source: World Historical BoP Database wbop.world#data
Population of the Republic of Ireland was 5.5 million in April 2025, according to latest CSO estimates www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...
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.
Great course if you're interested in Irish economic history - learnt a lot last year - highly recommend!
Population of Ireland (5.44m) is now the 18th highest in the European Union overtaking Slovakia (5.42m), according to latest Eurostat estimates ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat...
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Global trade exports (% of world GDP) from 1800-2025. Source: Nievas & Piketty's Historical BoP Database wbop.world#data
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/...
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).
Estimated populations from-Ireland-living-abroad and from-abroad-living-in-Ireland by destination/origin from 1990-2024
Stephen Kinsella
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...
Why was the Irish Famine was so severe? Why did the North and South develop differently? Is Ireland ‘rich’?
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The Development of the Irish Economy Can economics help us understand why the Irish Famine was so severe? What explains Ireland's long economic boom of the eighteenth century? Why did the North an...
