As posted on Irish Economy and on the Geary Blog, Denis Conniffe has died. Sincere sympathies to Denis' family and friends. Denis was a top notch economist and statistician. Take a look at his contributions here. Denis was extremely kind to me when I returned from the US, and I won't forget that. I always enjoyed talking with him at IEA meetings, and for years we tried to get him down to UL to give a seminar on his innovative work.
All the best, Denis.