The vote for Sinn Féin was the dog that finally barked
Ireland’s economic growth model is politically unsustainable with the foreign direct investment regime creating a dynamic of winners and losers
The rise of Sinn Féin is down to an anti-establishment vote that can be traced to three political economy factors.
These are the existence of the country‘s foreign direct investment-led growth model that creates winners and losers; rising wealth and housing inequalities; and almost a decade of austerity resulting in deteriorating public services and creaking public infrastructure.
Ireland’s economic growth model is politically and electorally unsustainable. It is based on using the corporate tax regime ...
