In February, Unite the Union published a report entitled 'Hungry Bellies: Exploring inequality and deprivation in Ireland', which provides detailed evidence of growing inequality in the Republic of Ireland, and challenges the narrative, recently promoted in the Irish media and by the government, that inequality is falling. We spoke to Dr Conor McCabe, the principal author of the report, about that narrative; the misrepresentation of economic data by those promoting it; the concrete evidence that on the contrary Ireland is getting more unequal; and more broadly about the problems with the Irish economic model.

Dr McCabe is also the author of Sins of the Father: Tracing the Decisions That Shaped the Irish Economy (2011) and Money (2018).

First broadcast Saturday 6 March 2021 on Quarantine FM