We need a New Economic Model – North and South

10 Jul 2025
Dr Tom McDonnell
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...

11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference - presentations and videos

Past event
The 11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North & South of Ireland & international). It took place in Queen’s Management School at Queen’s...

Northern Ireland Protocol

08 Jun 2022
Paul Mac Flynn
This blog on 'what effect has the protocol had on Northern Ireland's ecomomy?' is by NERI Co-director, Paul Mac Flynn. You would be forgiven for thinking the Northern Ireland Protocol had been around for an awful lot longer than it has. One question I have been asked many times over these past 2 and...

NERI webinar - 'No Going Back - The Fight for A Fairer Future' - Presentation

Past event
The NERI webinar 'No Going Back - The Fight for A Fairer Future' took place as a Zoom webinar on Tuesday 26 October 2021 at 13:10. This was a Fringe Event at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Biennial Delegate Conference (BDC). Date: Tuesday 26 October 2021 Time: 13:10 - 14:00 Topic: 'No...

Looking ahead

13 Jan 2021
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-directors, Dr Tom McDonnell and Paul Mac Flynn discuss economic recovery after the pandemic. The same level of intensity of resources that went into preserving our economy in 2020 must be mobilised for reconstruction in years to come. The NERI's work programme for 2021...

Brexit, Tourism and the border

26 Aug 2019
infobo
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Last week my colleague Paul Mac Flynn in this same column warned about the need to ensure that people are not left behind, in our increasingly more probable, crashing out of the European Union without a deal. Like many other Brexit commentators, Paul Mac Flynn is of the opinion that there is no use...

Inflation and the pound - the rise and fall.

19 Aug 2019
Paul Mac Flynn
As the prospect of a no-deal Brexit looms, much attention has focused on how the UK economy will react to life outside the EU on the first of November. While there are likely to be some immediate impacts on day one arising from border delays and turbulence in the financial markets, it would be...