Last weekend marked the 40th anniversary of the Dublin Economics Workshop. The annual event – usually held in the Autumn – is a significant one as it attracts a considerable number of professional economists: academic, sectoral, financial, civil service and freelance. The event is, also, open to...

It all depends. The last annual set of national accounts were published in July by the CSO. As expected, these show a significant divergence between GDP and what the CSO now term GNI*. GNI* excludes globalisation effects that are disproportionately impacting the measurement of the size of the Irish...

Six months ago the NERI published a working paper entitled: Ireland’s Housing Emergency: Time for a game changer . Regrettably, but not surprisingly, the depth and scale of the housing emergency has increased over the summer months. While much publicity has focussed on homelessness (as measured by...