Monday Blog: Nothing comes from nothing: the case of health

06 Dec 2015
Tom Healy
Health is better than gold or ‘is fearr an tsláinte ná an t-ór’ as the saying goes in Irish. Economists and statisticians tend to think of health as a cost as well as a sphere of activity involving consumption of resources in the present time. Health, however, has two dimensions: (i) It is a state...

NERI seminar: Ireland’s daunting climate change challenge

04 Dec 2015
Daragh McCarthy
The latest NERI seminar, 'Ireland’s daunting climate change challenge in the period to 2030: how to respond?', was held on 2 December. Joseph Curtin, Research Fellow at the Institute of International and European Affairs on climate policy, provided an overview of Ireland’s climate change challenge...

NERI Seminar Dublin: Ireland' s daunting climate change challenge

Past event
Joseph Curtin, Research Fellow at the Institute of International and European Affairs on climate policy, provides an overview of Ireland’s climate change challenge within the context of the upcoming Paris COP 21 and EU climate 2030 negotiations. He reviews Ireland’s progress to date, and presents...

Low Pay: Some Insights

02 Dec 2015
infobo
The latest NERI Research inBrief looks at those who are on low pay in the Republic of Ireland. Its key points are: Low pay is more common among: - female workers;- younger workers;- those in the retail, hotel and security sectors;- single parents; and- those on temporary contracts. At the household...

Life on low pay – new insights

02 Dec 2015
Micheál Collins
The latest NERI Research inBrief looks at those who are on low pay in the Republic of Ireland. Its key points are Low pay is more common among: - female workers; - younger workers; - those in the retail, hotel and security sectors; - single parents; and - those on temporary contracts. At the...

Monday Blog: What is a prudent fiscal space?

29 Nov 2015
Tom Healy
One of the impacts of the recent economic crisis is that new expressions have been added to the English language, as spoken here. One such example is ‘fiscal space’. When the economy is growing there is, at one and the same time, more demand for public services (more school pupils and more demand...

The Flawed currency union

27 Nov 2015
Dr Tom McDonnell
In the NERI's Quarterly Economic Facts we often compare Irish performance against that of other EU or Euro area countries, for example in areas like the general government balance. While an interesting exercise in itself it is sometimes more useful to sit back and reflect on the bigger picture. The...

UK Autumn Statement and Spending Review

25 Nov 2015
Paul Mac Flynn
The Autumn Statement delivered today by Chancellor of The Exchequer George Osborne will in all likelihood be remembered for one significant U-turn. The dramatic reversal on planned changes to tax credits represents a big win for opponents of the policy in Westminster and beyond. The total proposed...

NERI Seminar Dublin: Fiscal Priorities for Long-Run Growth

Past event
The latest NERI seminar looked at the Irish economy’s recent performance and considered its medium-and-long-term prospects for growth. Over the course of the presentation a range of policy reforms to increase the economy’s long-run potential output were identified and discussed. Dr McDonnell set out...
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