Here’s a presentation I’m giving as a keynote for the International Women’s Day Conference here at UL on Monday, March 8th. I’m speaking at 10am. The talk is based in part on my book, and a few blog posts.
Ireland in 2050 is reviewed today in the Irish Independent here, you can read other reviews here, and if you’re interested in more articles about the book, have a read here.
Later on today, I’m off to hide books around Limerick for World Book Day. Grinning like a maniac. Really.
Here’s a recording of a talk I gave last night in the ISKS series of conversations organised by Prof Peadar Kirby. The talk went well and, more importantly, the conversation was very interesting. Dr Finbar Bradley made up the other side of the conversation, based mainly on his new book.
The talk wasn’t designed with slides, [...]
Tomorrow I’ll be giving this talk with Finbarr Bradley, sponsored by ISKS at UL. Here’s the press release:
Confronting the Crisis: Vision of Ireland in 2050
A Conversation between Stephen Kinsella
and Finbarr Bradley
Tuesday, February 9th, 4:00-6:00
Venue: East Room, Plassey House, University of Limerick
Debate about our options amid the crisis that Irish society is undergoing is [...]
This headline from the Irish Times, for some reason, gives me images of grannies in camouflage with AK47s and grenades storming the Dáil. The subject is ageing, and the effect an older population will have on economics, politics, and society. The UN Population Division has issued a report showing just how trends in the average [...]
Tagged Add new tag, Economic, Health care, Ireland, Pharmaceutical industry, Politics, Population, Research and development, United StatesOne of the arguments in my book is that we’ll need to start buying nuclear power from the UK and France quicksmart if we’d like to have one small shred of energy security by 2050. Following a perceptive comment on an earlier thread (ht Branedy), I did some digging around and found some very interesting [...]
I’m getting a lot of email about this today, so to save time, here are some of the points I made on Today FM’s Sunday Business Show. Before reading my points below, please read this, this, and maybe even buy this.
Tagged Climate change, Electricity generation, Energy, Energy security, Greenhouse gas, North Sea Oil, Nuclear, Nuclear powerImage by féileacán via Flickr
Published in The Dubliner.
Not changed utterly. Things will change in Dublin, but they will not change utterly. Dublin in 1970 was similar to Dublin in 2009, and Dublin in 2050 will be outwardly similar. The intervening days between today and 2050 – about 15,000 of them – offer us the opportunity [...]
Image by PienJoris via Flickr
Just published in Verbal Magazine.
Ireland has a reputation as a land where artists can thrive. Often, Ireland don’t deserve that reputation. I believe it makes long term economic, social, and cultural sense to ensure we keep funding the arts in Ireland for two reasons. First, the arts are an end in [...]
Some advice on writing from mathematician Paul Halmos:
The basic problem in writing mathematics is the same as in writing biology, writing a novel, or writing directions for assembling a harpsichord: the problem is to communicate an idea. To do so, and to do it clearly, you must hâve something to say, and you must hâve [...]