Monday Blog: First principle: Do no harm

27 Jun 2015
Tom Healy
On Thursday of this week just as half a million children at primary school begin their summer holidays many thousands of children in families with one parent face a drop in family income - a sharp drop in some cases by as much as €140 per week. Just at a time when working parents are under severe...

Tax Increases Since the Bailout: the facts

26 Jun 2015
Micheál Collins
The Taoiseach Enda Kenny, speaking in Brussels on Thursday, mentioned the following in the context of the ongoing negotiations regarding a debt/bailout deal for Greece: “I pointed out at the EPP that in Ireland’s case we did not increase income tax; we did not increase VAT; we did not increase PRSI...

Quarterly Economic Facts - Summer 2015

24 Jun 2015
infobo
Recent years have seen a huge growth in the supply, range and timeliness of data from a variety of official agencies including the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Eurostat, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)...

Monday Blog: Solidarity key to avoiding a European tragedy

18 Jun 2015
Tom Healy
Monday 22 June 2015. Krinein is a Greek word which means 'to sift or to separate'. It gives rise to the word 'crisis'. Greece has always been at the heart of the European continent. Culturally, linguistically and philosophically ancient Greek civilisation has helped shape who we are as Europeans...

Monday Blog: TTIP in trouble

12 Jun 2015
Tom Healy
Last week an unprecedented even took place in the European Parliament. Following months of complex negotiation between the European Commission – on behalf of European Union Member States – and the United States of America a resolution to the Parliament to be discussed and voted upon last Wednesday...

Monday Blog: Wages on the rise after 7 years of stagnation.

05 Jun 2015
Tom Healy
As data filter through every three months from the Central Statistics Office it is clear that wages are recovering slowly across most sectors of the economy. The adjustment of the labour market over a period of 7 to 8 years since the crash of 2008 is, and will be, the subject of research – did wages...
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