In this blog NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell summarises the main points of his latest NERI Long Read on tax and welfare. Are our tax and welfare systems fit for purpose in the 21st century? Did Budget 2024 actually make any economic sense in the short-term or the long-run? The last week saw a...

Last month we had our Annual Donal Nevin Lecture which marks an important event in our annual calendar, and allows us the opportunity to invite key thinkers in particular areas to deliver a keynote address. The Annual Lecture began in 2013 when we had Irish President Michael D. Higgins deliver the...

In this blog, NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell discusses tax receipts from the pharma and ICT sections which are underperforming and may have implications to future Government revenues. Ireland’s corporation tax policy has long been the focus of fierce debate both inside and outside of Ireland...

Blog written by Dr. Rory O'Farrell, an economics lecturer at TU Dublin discussing the Future Ireland Fund put forward in Budget 2024. One of the measures put forward in Budget 2024 is the establishment of a €100 billion Future Ireland Fund to pay for ageing costs from 2040 onward. However, despite...

The NERI Post Budget Analysis Seminar takes place today at 15:30 in SIPTU, Liberty Hall, details here if you wish to attend. In the blog below, NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell offers some thoughts about what was a highly consequential but ultimately flawed budget. Despite its evident flaws...