In this week’s NERI blog, economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly summarises his recent report looking at the Irish economy’s relationship to nature. He finds that the Irish economy is often a poor performer, and that there is little evidence to date for a break in the historic relationship between...

In this blog, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn looks at the Report Series no. 13 document that examines the Northern Ireland labour market in 2021. In terms of both pay and employment we examine the most recent data available along with the most up to date historical trends. Obviously the Covid-19...

Health Minister Robin Swann has said that newly introduced restrictions do not go as far as he would otherwise like because there is no economic supports such as furlough available at the NI Executives disposal. This blog explains the reasons behind that. Most of 2021 was dedicated to the constant...

In this blog by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell he discusses his latest NERI Report Series paper no.12, 'Economic Trends and Outlook: In recovery but more challenges ahead'. The Irish economy has almost certainly exited the worst of the crisis and its recovery is now picking up steam. The strong...

In this weeks blog Dr. Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director explores some of the key findings from his NERI InBrief 'How heavy is the weight of tax in the Republic of Ireland - Some high-level facts'. Does tax bite particularly hard in Ireland? It depends. In the latest NERI InBrief I set out some high...