Sean Byrne
Articles by Sean Byrne
2022
2021
2020
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World Politics
Whitewashed
Bundesbank president Wilhelm Vocke retired, laden with honours, in 1957 and was replaced by Karl Blessing. Both men had cheerfully served the Nazi regime. They…
2019
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World Politics
The Thieves’ International
Corruption indices which place countries like the UK and Luxembourg near the virtuous top while Uzbekistan and South Sudan are at the bottom are misleading.…
2018
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Irish Politics
For Nothing
Groups which benefited hugely from NAMA were the lawyers, estate agents and surveyors whose businesses had been hit by the bursting of the bubble. As…
2016
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Irish Politics
Money with Morals
Ireland’s reliance on multinational investment puts it in the demeaning position of having to constantly adapt to the changing needs of multinational companies. Meanwhile, our…
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Irish Politics
Not Our Fault
A senior official of Ireland’s Department of Finance concludes that all the officials he worked with in the run-up to the country’s economic collapse were…
2014
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Science / Human Sciences
The Rich Man in his Castle
Few now believe that the positions of the high and the lowly are ordained by God, but the increasingly entrenched political defenders of the super-rich…
2013
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Science / Human Sciences
The day the ATM broke
The most dispiriting aspect of our economic crisis five years on has been the absence of the political courage needed to implement the radical political,…
Blog Posts by Sean Byrne
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Down Among the Dead Files
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Exporting the Poor
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Forgetting to Remember
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