Patrick Doyle is Hallsworth Research Fellow in Political Economy at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on the history of co-operation, economic development, and Ireland. His book Civilising Rural Ireland: The Co-operative Movement, Development, and the Nation-State, 1889-1939 was recently published by Manchester University Press.
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Published in: ourEconomyBelfast, Bombardier, and a new economic strategyThe prospect of multiple plant closures provides an opportunity to revive Ireland's rich history of worker co-operatives.