On the 100th birthday of Dr TK Whitaker, Professor Alan Ahearne writes about why Whitaker’s work is as relevant as ever to Ireland in today’s Irish Times

Although much in Ireland has changed over recent decades, the lessons learned from Dr TK Whitaker’s life’s work still reverberate today. His seminal 1958 study, “Economic Development”, which formed the basis of the first programme for economic expansion 1958-1963, set the course for the modernisation of Ireland’s economy. Read the Irish Times article here.