NERI webinar - 'No Going Back - The Fight for A Fairer Future' - Presentation
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...
NERI Post Budget 2022 Commentary webinar
The NERI Post Budget 2022 Commentary took place as a Zoom webinar on Wednesday 20th October, 2021 at 15:00. Speakers: Michael Taft (SIPTU), Michelle Murphy (Social Justice Ireland) & Gerard Brady...
A steady-as-she-goes budget
In this week's blog by NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell, he discusses the outcomes of Budget 2022. Budget 2022 was a place-holder budget. It clearly wasn’t a fire-fighting budget in the vein of Budget 2021, but nor was it a truly post-pandemic budget either. For example, the EWSS will be retained...
The NERI Economic Report, Presentation to the FSU
The NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell made a presentation to the FSU today on the state of the economy.
Don’t expect a transformative budget
In this week's blog by NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell, he discusses Budget 2022. Next Tuesday’s budget will take place in a very different context to last year’s one. Last year’s firefighting budget was all about preserving the economy’s productive capacity by as much as possible against the...
NERI comment - unemployment & underemployment problems in months ahead
Today’s furlough statistics show that about 30,000 workers in Northern Ireland remained furloughed at the end of August, split evenly between full- and partial- furlough. With these figures, likely to be representative of the numbers on furlough as the scheme closed we should expect to see a rise in...
9th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture - Options for Fiscal Devolution in Northern Ireland
The 9th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture was hosted in association with Queens Management School, Queen's University Belfast. It took place on 29 September 2021 at 4.30 as an in-person event in The...
NERI Webinar: Post Budget 2022 commentary - presentations and video
The NERI Post Budget 2022 Commentary took place as a Zoom webinar on Wednesday 20th October, 2021 at 15:00. The details of the webinar were as follows: Date & Time: Wednesday 20th October, 2021 at 15:00 Topic: Post Budget 2022 Commentary Speakers: Michael Taft (SIPTU), Michelle Murphy (Social...
The rhetorical attack on wages has already kicked off.
In this weeks blog by Ciarán Nugent NERI economist, he explores wages as we emerge from the pandemic. As we emerge from lockdown and emergency income supports for workers made unemployed by the pandemic are withdrawn, the real unemployment rate will soon reveal itself. With budget time approaching...
Removing the supporting rafts of furlough and universal credit: Hardship ahead for workers in Northern Ireland
by Paul Mac Flynn & Dr Lisa Wilson The latest batch of labour market statistics from Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) were published this week with many reflecting that they highlight further improvements on the road to recovery. However, as important as it is to be optimistic...