I am an Irish person. Recently an elected public-representative and also the holder of a Ph.d in Economics, I am a qualified Economist and Teacher. I have a number of peer reviewed journal articles in the area of Consumer Demand Analysis, Crop Economics and I also wrote a chapter on the tenure of Frank Aiken as the Irish Minister for Finance in a published book.
I am also interested in the history of elections both in Ireland at local and national government level and also in Scotland and in Northern Ireland.
I am particularly interested in the history of the founders of the Fianna Fáil party on whom I have written some articles on this site.
I also have epilepsy and highlighting awareness of those with the condition is of interest to me as is health policy in general.