9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 1B - Building a sustainable economy
Find the video from Session 1B, Building a sustainable economy at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Dr Aoife Ní Lochlainn, Irish...
ISDS vs the environment
In this week's blog, NERI Economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly raises questions about the compatibility between proposed trade agreements and environmental goals, particularly where they include so called Investor-state Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms. Recently, Free Trade Agreements and their...
NERI Webinar: Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland
The NERI webinar 'Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland' took place on Wednesday 28th April, 2021 at 15:00. Sinéad Mercier, consultant on Climate Change and Just Transition law...
Covid-19 and the Future of Social Welfare
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn explores some of the key findings from his NERI Long-Read Series 'Covid-19 and the Future of Social Welfare'. In describing the events of the last 12 months, it is possible that the word ‘unprecedented’ has been somewhat over-used. However, given...
The anatomy of employment in Ireland: How has the structure of the labour market changed from crisis to crisis?
In this week’s blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly summarises some key findings from the NERI's co-authored paper examining the effects of automation and the green transition on employment between 2008 and 2019. While the most gloomy predictions of mass job losses haven’t come to pass, workers...
We must not go back to business as usual
NERI Co-directors, Dr Tom McDonnell & Paul Mac Flynn wrote this op ed last week. It is about not going back to business as usual in Ireland after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. The vaccination campaign will be the decisive factor for economic recovery, albeit a recovery that is going to vary in its...
Supporting People and Place: Planning a Just Transition for Northern Ireland
Dr Aoife Ní Lochlainn, NERI economic consultant begin the webinar by presenting findings on her recently published paper titled ' Supporting People & Place: Planning for a Just Transition in Northern...
What type of recovery?
In this week's blog, NERI Co-director Dr Tom McDonnell discusses Lockdown 3 and the EU Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF). Lockdown 3 grinds on with economic recovery tied to vaccine rollouts, virus containment policies and ongoing government supports. A cautious approach to opening up the economy...
Presentations & Video from Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland webinar
The NERI webinar 'Four Case Studies on Just Transition: Lessons for Ireland' took place on Wednesday 28th April, 2021 at 15:00. Sinéad Mercier, consultant on Climate Change and Just Transition law presented and NERI economist, Paul Goldrick-Kelly responded. These case studies were a contribution to...
Ireland's climate report card
In this week’s blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly outlines some of the latest provisional data on Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions. While they show a welcome fall, Paul points out that considerable challenges remain if we are to adequately contribute to addressing the global climate crisis...