In this week’s NERI blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly summarises a recent seminar based on an upcoming paper. In this paper, Paul argues that insights from institutionalism and political economy can supplement existing tools to identify the factors locking us into continued GHG emissions and...

The 11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North & South of Ireland & international). The event took place in Queen’s Management School at...

In this blog, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn discusses the state of Northern Ireland's public finances. Northern Ireland’s public finances are in a very sorry state. Without a devolved government, senior civil servants are forced to plan cuts in public expenditure, larger in scale than anything...

In this blog by the NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell he discusses the Irish economy over the past few years and refers to his latest NERI Report Series document. The Republic of Ireland’s economy is in a very unusual position. The labour market might already be close to overheating, yet real...