Economies across Europe are entering recession once again. Following a sharp fall in output and employment in 2008-2010 and a continuing contraction in the 'domestic economy' - only temporarily counteracted by a surge in exports in the first half of 2011 - there are mounting concerns about future...

Recent years have seen a huge growth in the supply, range and timeliness of data from a variety of official agencies including the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Eurostat, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...

"We believe that the economic crisis provides us with a unique opportunity to invest in Ireland's strategic infrastructure. There is huge spare capacity in the economy, with a large pool of skilled and un-skilled unemployed workers." (Fine Gael, NewEra, 2009: 3) "We believe it is economic nonsense...

Being in work, or taking up work, incurs additional costs on households and individuals. Depending on circumstances, additional needs arise regarding travel, fuel, personal costs and childcare among others. While the existence of these additional costs is regularly cited, it is rarely quantified and...

Dublin Economics Workshop on Irish Economic Policy, January 27th 2012 Session 'Economic Policy and Evaluation' - Researching Alternative Economic Policies Tom Healy, Director, Congress Economic Research Unit

Ireland’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EU/IMF requires government to introduce a recurring annual property tax from 2012. While the MoU has not specified the precise form this new taxation measure will adopt, commitments in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 and Fine Gael/Labour...