In our latest blog, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn looks at the latest labour market statistics for Northern Ireland that were released this morning. The latest labour market statistics for Northern Ireland were released this morning. While these figures do describe the situation in the three...

In our latest blog, NERI Co-director Dr Tom McDonnell looks at the Irish economy after the Covid-19 crisis. The Covid-19 crisis is a major and transformative shock to the global economy that will have profound and long-lasting social, economic and political implications. The great lockdown has...

In our latest blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly points to issues of affordability experienced by private tenants in the Republic of Ireland over the last several years. He argues for policy to protect renters from Covid-19 related difficulties and to start building a more secure housing...

We should start talking about a 'high-road' and green development strategy for the recovery. Assessing the likely economic impact of 12 weeks of coronavirus lockdown in their quarterly commentary at the end of March, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) suggested unemployment could...

In this week's blog, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn looks at the impact of Coronavirus in Northern Ireland. As the lockdown of Northern Ireland enters into its third week, the impact of these measures on our economy is, as of now, largely unknown. This may seem bizarre under the current...

We're all in this together The Global North has begun its self-imposed recession and much of the Global South may soon follow. There is nothing in modern history that compares to a recession of this type. It will certainly be very different in nature to the demand-side balance sheet recession that...

In this week's blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly highlights the possible implications of Covid-19 in the short and longer term. He cautions against a replay of dynamics seen following the last crisis. Like nearly every other aspect of life, the covid-19 emergency has upended expectations...

In this week's blog, Ciarán Nugent looks at the effects of the Coronavirus on young workers. Though no official figures have been published, the Irish labour market has already felt the shock of the Coronavirus. A recession is inevitable. This is a much more rapidly changing situation than that in...

In this weeks blog Dr Tom McDonnell and Paul Mac Flynn, Co-directors at the NERI give their response to the Covid-19 crisis that has hit the island of Ireland and the world. In the past week it is estimated that up to 140,000 jobs have been lost across the Republic of Ireland economy owing to the...