ON THIS DAY: 22 January 1925: Birth of Raymond Crotty, Economist, writer, academic, political activist and farmer who advocated against Ireland’s membership of the EU Raymond Crotty was born in Kilkenny into a family of 5 brothers and 5 sisters. While a student in St. Kieran’s College he began breeding pigs in his spare time, […]
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