Colm McCarthy B Comm MA MEcon, is an Irish economist who lectures in the School of Economics in

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ...

, known for chairing ''The Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes'' and producing a report (called the

McCarthy Report The Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes was an advisory committee established by the Irish government in 2008 to recommend cuts in public spending. It was chaired by economist Colm McCarthy (economist), Colm McCarthy ...

) to the Irish Government to deal with the Financial crisis in 2009. Similar to the 2009 McCarthy Report, Colm also participated in the 1987 ''An Bord Snip''. A writer on Economics and public finances, McCarthy is regular contributor in the Irish Media discussing economics, and he works as a columnist for the Irish Independent. McCarthy was one of the economists along with Sean Barrett and Moore McDowell, nicknamed the ''Doheny & Nesbitt School of Economics'', who were closely identified with the early policies of the

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. In 1998 McCarthy claimed that Clydebank F.C. would relocate to

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A graduate of St. Joseph's C.B.S. in Fairview, University College Dublin, and

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, prior to working in UCD he worked for the Central Bank of Ireland, and the

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. He writes often for the '' Sunday Independent''.

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