Labour Market Observer 2023

14 Nov 2023
Paul Mac Flynn
This Labour Market Observer is written by NERI Co-director, Paul Mac Flynn. The experience of the labour markets in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland over the past 10 years has been turbulent. Beginning with the lingering effects of the Great Financial Crash and then faced with the...

The battles over corporation tax are not over

07 Nov 2023
Dr Tom McDonnell
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...

11th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture

The 11th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture in association with the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen's University Belfast took place on Monday 16 October, 2023 from 11am -...

A consequential but flawed budget

12 Oct 2023
Dr Tom McDonnell
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...

Full employment now, but enormous challenges ahead

06 Oct 2023
Dr Tom McDonnell
NERI Report Series number 25 by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell describes the current economic situation in the Republic of Ireland. The economy is at, or close to, capacity with record employment and hours worked. However, the post-pandemic boost from pent-up demand is coming to an end. Indeed...

We're at capacity - but turbulence ahead

06 Oct 2023
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this NERI blog, NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell summarises the main points of his latest NERI Report Series No. 25 - ' Full employment now, but enormous challenges ahead'. Employment growth has been very strong over the last year. We are at record employment, a record rate of female employment...

We need climate leadership for climate action

03 Oct 2023
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this NERI Blog, NERI Co-director Tom McDonnell discusses the need for climate action and how to make it happen. Climate change means rising temperatures and sea levels, increased water stress, more extreme events, threats to food security, climate migration, and of course biodiversity loss. We...
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