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Garth Brooks’ Concerts Effects on our Economy

admin November 23, 2021
Former Lord Mayor and Independent Councillor, Nial Ring speaks to Adrianne Murphy about the upcoming Garth Brooks gigs, which go on sale this Thursday at 8am and take place in September 2022. We discuss the effects of these gigs to our economy…
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Northside Today 26 – 10 – 2018 Tony Weekes, Economist

George Mulcahy October 26, 2018
Demystifying Economics Economist Tony Weekes talks to Noel McGuinness about the wider public benefit of understanding Economics. He says that in a true democracy everyone should feel they have some control over the Economy and how it affects them. We need to…
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We need a Society, not an Economy!

admin February 19, 2018
Tony Weekes, Economist and Lecturer with the Maynooth Communiversity programme, talks to Noel McGuinness on Northside Today.  Tony says that the purpose of the ‘economy’ is to serve the needs of society yet almost ten years on from the collapse of the…
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The Economic System – why it’s failing us

admin October 31, 2017
Tony Weekes, Economist, talks to Noel McGuinness about the failings in our economic system and we can do to make improvements that will benefit us and our society. Tony also talks about the Maynooth Communiversity Programme which offers adults the chance to…
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