The Nevin Economic Research Institute has published our latest Quarterly Economic Observer (Wednesday 10th April). In it we outline our latest set of projections for the Republic of Ireland economy. These suggest a period of low-growth and high-unemployment for the next three years and include: •...

A regular topic in recent discussion of the policies Government is (finally) adopting to address insolvency issues is: How much of a household's income should be put towards debt repayment and how much should households be left with to live on? Despite all the recent discussion, there is a simple...

The publication of guidelines in relation to personal insolvency yesterday has at least two positive features: consideration of a living income is very much under debate and this is to be welcome some individuals and households in situations of mortgage or other debt distress are likely to move...

In the first quarter of last year long-term unemployment as a share of total employment peaked at 64% and is on a downward trend. The latest evidence from the Quarterly National Household Survey the number of long term unemployed fell by 19,600 (in Q4 2012 compared to Q4 2011). So has long-term...

Indicator 4.1 from the NERI's latest Quarterly Economics Facts (QEF) document shows that despite the financial crisis, the Republic of Ireland's income per capita remains high. The latest data, for 2011, show that Ireland's average income of €35,400 is the sixth highest in the EU. The figure is...

Last week, on International Women's Day, I spoke at the ICTU joint women's committee seminar on the topic of ' Women in the Economy and the Labour Market'. My paper highlighted the latest data on the current challenges facing women, North and South, as they participate in the economy, enter or leave...

Children are central to the long-term success of our society and economy; of course they are a lot more than that. However, taking the narrow focus of economic policy and long-term investments, all the evidence points towards the merit of investing in high quality professionally provided education...