Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish TimesIndustry & Policy in Independent Ireland, 1922-1972 Author : Frank Barry ISBN-13 : 978-0198878230 Publisher : OUP Oxford Guideline Price : £70Why should we pay foreigners for products that locals could be employed making? They were big issues in the debate around this State’s founding, both before 1922 and for decades afterwards. That is particularly true when compared to the many newly created European states which emerged after the first World War. It surveys the biggest employers in the economy at independence and intervals over the next 50 years. Anyone who wants to understand how the Irish corporate world has evolved over the past century will learn a lot from this book.

Source: Irish Independent January 11, 2024 16:53 UTC