Opening Statement by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Services Reform and Digitalisation and Taoiseach (16 July 2025) on the 'Impact of Tarriffs on the Irish Economy and Related Policy Discussion'.

The global economy is entering into an era of instability and uncertainty and our economic policies (both North and South) are going to have to adjust if our economies and societies are to flourish in this new reality. There are many positive aspects to economic performance on the Island of Ireland...

The announcement of the UK Spending Review last week should have been one of the most significant fiscal events of this Labour government. It was to set out how government spending will evolve over the next 5 years, but more importantly for Northern Ireland, it was also expected to announce a new...