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Regional productivity in Ireland: an overview

20 Jul 2023

In this NERI Research InBrief no. 84, NERI economist Chris Smart uses a dataset provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to calculate a variety of regional indicators, looking first at gross value added (GVA) and how it is affected by the sectoral makeup of differnt NUTS regions. We find that...

Regional productivity in Ireland: GVA per hour worked

20 Jul 2023

Chris Smart

In this NERI Research InBrief no. 85, NERI economist Chris Smart u ses a dataset provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), to calculate a variety of regional indicators looking at gross value added (GVA), focusing specifically on GVA per hour worked and different employment shares by NUTS...

NERI Submission to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight - Examination of Taxation on Wealth and Assets: How they Work and Could be Evolved in Ireland

14 Jul 2023

Dr Tom McDonnell

NERI Submission by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Examination of Taxation on Wealth and Assets: How they Work and Could be Evolved in Ireland (30 June 2023).

The Budget 2024: NERI Post Budget Analysis Seminar - presentations

Past event

Thu, Oct 12 2023

The Budget 2024: NERI Post Budget analysis seminar took place in SIPTU, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1 on Thursday 12 October 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30. The details were as follows: Title: "Budget 2024: Post Budget Analysis". Speakers: Michael Taft (SIPTU), Dr. Tricia Keilthy (St Vincent de Paul) and Dr. Rory...

Government Should Abandon Populist Tax Cuts and Procyclical Budgets

13 Jul 2023

Dr Tom McDonnell

In this blog the NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell argues for a countercyclical budget and cautions against using the potentially transitory corporation tax windfalls to fund tax cuts or day-to-day spending. The Irish economy is in an unusual place. It’s been buffeted by Brexit, by the shock and...

A way to understand institutional carbon lock-in

27 Jun 2023

Paul Goldrick-Kelly

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...

NERI Seminar Series 2023 - 'Carbon lock-in and institutions – outlines of a political economic approach to emissions reduction inertia'

The 'Carbon lock-in and institutions – outlines of a political economic approach to emissions reduction inertia' seminar took place in the Fórsa offices on Wednesday 14 June 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30...

11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference – presentations, photos &videos

15 Jun 2023

Louisa O’Brien

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...

Presentation from the NERI Seminar - An Opportunity to Review and Reframe Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining

Past event

Wed, Sep 20 2023

The seminar titled 'An Opportunity to Review and Reframe Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining' was presented by Dr Damian Thomas, National Economic and Social Council (NESC). It took place on Wednesday 20 September 2023 at 15.30 in the Congress offices. Find the presentation from the...

We need change at Westminster before we solve Northern Ireland’s troubled public finances

08 Jun 2023

Paul Mac Flynn

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...

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