LC Economics - Diarmuid Canning 🇮🇪
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Tweets mainly related to LC Economics & resources that might be useful to teachers of same. All opinions are my own.
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Joined August 2021
I've extended my Spotify podcast Canonomics to YouTube, the videos should be easier for students to view there. Oh and I've added my final exam advice to both Spotify and YouTube #lceconomics
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I've been teaching leaving certificate economics for over 30 years and love to help students become better economists. I plan to build up this channel to reach more students across Ireland and...
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Price of related goods, padel ball vs spud farming. Love this example #lceconomics
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Callum Stark says the padel courts bring in more income than his potato crop was earning.
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Good take of who benefits if the promised VAT cut is introduced. Could be used when teaching cost/benefit analysis #lceconomics Ireland’s hospitality VAT cut aims to help small restaurants – but chains like McDonald’s gain the most (via @thejournal_ie)
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The government plans to cut VAT by 4.5%, but it may not reach the small businesses that need it.
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RT @EoghanKennyTD: I asked @HMcEntee on the floor of the Dáil to meet with @IrishSciTeach. Clear signs that there is no willingness to enga….
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Making it even harder to detect! Maybe the long promised guidance from @Education_Ire was waiting for this new version to drop? 🤷🏻 #educhatie.
OpenAI has launched its GPT-5 artificial intelligence model, the highly anticipated latest installment of a technology that has helped transform global business and culture.
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Some interesting charts here, definitely something to spark debate in a TY class #lceconomics.
1/5 The Council has released new research on how Ireland’s level of taxation and government spending compare to other European countries. Ireland is currently benefitting from having a relatively young population. This means lower demand for pensions and healthcare.
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Looking for a tiebreaker or fun little competition for the end of class #lceconomics
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How good are your circle drawing skills?
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"If you're not the one doing the writing then you're not the one doing the thinking, so if you're a student or you're the employee, the writing really does need to be yours," #edchatie.
Studies have shown that "digital amnesia" or the "Google effect" is a consequence of having information readily available at our fingertips
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Huge amount of economics and business material in this thread, definitely something I’ll use in my #lceconomics classroom and will work it into a resource for TY economics. Useful article and videos included.
EXCLUSIVE. 👗Billions of pounds of imports. ↗️Rising by more than 50% a year. 🛬Planes stuffed with cheap clothes. 🇨🇳And a loophole saving Chinese companies from £billions of UK taxes. Behind the scenes of one of the biggest stories in the modern economy: e-commerce.👇.
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RT @astiunion: Press Release: . Rushed changes to the Leaving Cert from September will widen inequalities and damage education, according t….
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Debt v equity capital.
Datalex to raise €6m in debt and quit Irish stock market
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RT @danobrien20: Von de Leyen statement here, with early mention of Nato an effective acknowledgement that security and commerce are linked….
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
💪 The #TDF2025 Super combative : 🇮🇪 Ben Healy. 💪 Le Super combatif du #TDF2025 : 🇮🇪 Ben Healy. 👋 @century21fr
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Mrs C got me a small drone as a present and it’s been fun learning to fly it, except for the labs interest in it. Have had to get good at landing it on the trampoline very quickly, for its and the dog’s safety
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Hotel prices go Supersonic: Oasis fans pay the price via @RTENews. Price discrimination, dynamic pricing #lceconomics
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As excitement builds for the long-awaited Oasis reunion concerts in Dublin next month, fans are facing the harsh reality of soaring hotel prices that rival the cost of a concert ticket - or more.
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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
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