Building a unitary housing market - Proposals to end Ireland's housing woes
In this latest NERI blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly summarises the main points of the latest NERI Long-Read, co-authored with SIPTU researcher Michael Taft ( @notesonthefront). They argue that Irish housing policy should be redirected from subsidising an inefficient system towards building...
Presentation and video from Transforming the economy to deliver a Just Transition
The seminar titled 'Transforming the economy to deliver a Just Transition' was presented by Mr Laurie Macfarlane, Co-director, Future Economy Scotland. It took place on Thursday 16 November 2023 at 15.30 in the INTO offices, 23 College Gardens, Belfast, BT9 6BS and was live streamed. Find the...
Regional Productivity in Ireland
In this blog, NERI economist Chris Smart uses a dataset provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to calculate a variety of regional indicators. He looks at gross value added (GVA) and how it is affected by the sectoral makeup of different NUTS regions and on GVA per hour worked. The blog is...
The Budget 2024: NERI Post Budget Analysis Seminar - presentations
The Budget 2024: NERI Post Budget analysis seminar took place in SIPTU, Liberty Hall, Dublin 1 on Thursday 12 October 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30. The details were as follows: Title: "Budget 2024: Post Budget Analysis". Speakers: Michael Taft (SIPTU), Dr. Tricia Keilthy (St Vincent de Paul) and Dr. Rory...
11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference – presentations, photos &videos
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). The event took place in Queen’s Management School at...
An Unusual Economic Backdrop
In this blog by the NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell he discusses the Irish economy over the past few years and refers to his latest NERI Report Series document. The Republic of Ireland’s economy is in a very unusual position. The labour market might already be close to overheating, yet real...
NERI Seminar Series - 2023 - 'Taking Charge of the Future: How trade unionists can lead the economic debate'
The 'Taking Charge of the Future: How trade unionists can lead the economic debate' seminar took place in the Fórsa offices on Wednesday 19 April 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30. Michael Taft, Research...
Building a resilient economy
In this blog, NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell discusses his joint NERI Working Paper on 'Resilient Economy - A policy framework for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland'. How do we create a model of economic development that is more resilient to the vagaries of a globalised world and fit...
The Cost of Living Crisis: A generation in the making
These slides are those used by Dr Lisa Wilson in the delivery of her presentation to the Workers Demand Better campaign meetings.
Presentation from the NERI Seminar - The State of the Social Union
The seminar titled 'The State of the Social Union' was presented by Dr. Mark Simpson, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Ulster University. It took place on Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 15.30 in INTO offices, 23 College Gardens, Belfast, BT9 6BS. Details of seminar: Dr. Mark Simpson, Ulster University...