David McWilliams
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Sep 28, 2026
Willie O'DeaVOICE_ACTOR
It is no easier.
Willie O'DeaVOICE_ACTOR
And David McWilliams said this the other day as well.
Willie O'DeaVOICE_ACTOR
It is no easier in this country to buy a house in Ireland than it is to get an Oasis ticket.
Willie O'DeaVOICE_ACTOR
Right, okay.
Ivan YatesHOST
He said, we've tried everything.
Ivan YatesHOST
We've tried Dave McWilliams, Eamon Dunphy on The Breakfast Show.
Ivan YatesHOST
We've never got beyond 58,000.
Ivan YatesHOST
And we have Clare Byrne and Ger there at the moment.
PJ CooganHOST
And I still wonder what would have happened.
PJ CooganHOST
I still do, as David McWilliams said at the time, I still do wonder what would have happened if we just said, shaggots, burn the bond.
PJ CooganHOST
I don't know, is the answer to this day.
PJ CooganHOST
Hydro-treated vegetable oil.
PJ CooganHOST
Remember what happened about burning the bondholders." I am reading, as I said, Gary Murphy's, or have been reading Gary Murphy's book on Brian Cowen over the last week or so, and I still wonder what would have happened.
PJ CooganHOST
I still do, as David McWilliams said at the time, I still do wonder what would have happened if we just said, "Shag it.
PJ CooganHOST
Burn the bond." I don't know, is the answer to this day.
PJ CooganHOST
Hydrot- hydrotreated vegetable oil.
Ivan YatesGUEST
We tried everything on Newstalk Breakfast and we cannot get beyond 58,000.
Ivan YatesGUEST
We tried Dave McWilliams, we tried Eamon Dunphy, top class people.
Ivan YatesGUEST
And I said, and so who, to go with Claire Byrne.
Ivan YatesGUEST
And I was like a bullock in a trailer.
SeanHOST
So
CarlHOST
I love how we're pairing up books because in this episode, in many ways, we contrast it with what we talked about with Dave McWilliams in the previous episode.
CarlHOST
So Dave McWilliams looks at the history of the world through money, a social technology.
CarlHOST
Conway looks at the history of the world through these six materials, right?
SeanHOST
Correct.
24 MINS LATER
SeanHOST
yeah.
SeanHOST
I mean, the fact that you've got a book that's cut up into sections, like I love books like that, you know, as a person who picks up and puts down, like, yeah, yeah.
CarlHOST
And to some extent, you can, you could, there's a milder form of the Dave McWilliams critique here, which is he's let his thesis determine which evidence he uses.
Cormac O'HaraHOST
So why does Ireland sometimes struggle to deliver major infrastructure when other countries seem to do it differently? I spoke to The Economist.
Cormac O'HaraHOST
and broadcaster and director of Kilkonomics, David McWilliams, just before I came on air.
Cormac O'HaraHOST
And I started by asking him if there is any other country around the world we can learn from to make sure that this 17 billion euro plus metro project does not run over budget and over time.
David McWilliamsGUEST
The first thing I'd say is the metro is kind of the asset test to something much greater, which is that over the next 10 years, our state has said it's going to spend on the total national development plan 275 billion euros.
8 MINS LATER
Cormac O'HaraHOST
Clare is having such a great time at the moment.
Cormac O'HaraHOST
They had the Donald last week and they have the David this week.
Cormac O'HaraHOST
David McWilliams, thank you so much indeed for joining us.
Cormac O'HaraHOST
Cheers, Cormac.
Cormac Ó hEadhraHOST
Well, a connected conversation as well, because there are billions in surplus.
Cormac Ó hEadhraHOST
But after the break, David McWilliams on how we keep the 17 billion euro metro project on budget and on time.
Cormac Ó hEadhraHOST
And if we can learn lessons from any other country.
Cormac Ó hEadhraHOST
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Ruth MedjberHOST
kids now that don't do it.
Eoin McGrathGUEST
Going back to it, like, I think, like, I think David McWilliams at the start of, like... how many clubs there were in 1999 and how many are now.
Eoin McGrathGUEST
There's like 83 in the country.
Eoin McGrathGUEST
Yeah.
John GooldGUEST
Oh, okay.
John GooldGUEST
You know, I think, I think I remember hearing a podcast, I know it was Dave McWilliams, something explaining, and it makes sense.
John GooldGUEST
Like obviously the protagonist of Ulysses is a, is an Irish Jew.
John GooldGUEST
Yeah.
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