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David W. Higgins is an economist based in Dublin also the co-host of the Next Round podcast that he co-hosts with Dale McDermott. He recently finished a 9-year stint at Carraighill, an independent financial research firm with clients in New York and London.

David studied statistics in college where he nurtured a passion for understanding the world of data analysis and predictions. In 2016 he ran "Irish Election Stats", a website which attempted to predict seat results at Irish elections.

In recent years he grew a following on twitter, sharing his analysis of data on the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland.

Lately, David is passionate about the housing crisis and how it feeds into a wider problem of delayed life milestones. He calls this the "milestone recession" and would love to someday write a book on the topic.

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Hazel Hogan is a poet from Dublin. Her poem ‘Grangegorman’ was on the recommended list to be studied as part of the Junior Cert syllabus. Her poetry was submitted into the Irish Poetry Reading Archive as part of the University College Dublin (UCD) digital library. She has given many workshops to children and adults across schools and communities in Dublin and most recently works with MoLI on the Ukrainian Creative Hub. Hazel is on the Board of Fighting Words.

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