The pandemic and the Irish labour market: What we know so far
The evidence suggests that young people, especially young women, those with lower levels of education, those working in occupations with relatively low skills requirements and those working in sectors shutdown by decree (Accommodation and Food, Wholesale/ Retail & Construction) have been most likely...
The recovery is coming but there can be no going back to the old economic model
This weeks blog is by NERI Co-director, Dr Tom McDonnell, it is an article that he wrote for the Irish Examiner on 12 July 2021. The pandemic has changed the future direction of the economy with the speeding up of remote working and digitalisation. The economy is on the cusp of a rapid and sustained...
9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 3B - Evaluating policy and macro-economic issues
Find the video from Session 3B, Evaluating policy and macro-economic issues at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Dr Tom McDonnell...
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 Presentation on the Economy to the ICTU Private Sector Committee
Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director presented to the ICTU Private Sector Committee on 6th May, 2021. The presentation was titled 'Private Sector Wages: Trends, Prospects and Issues'.
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...
Pension affordability depends on a range of ostensibly unrelated policies
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-director Dr Tom McDonnell discusses the NERI Submission to the Pensions Commission - 'Public consultation regarding the pension sustainability'. The government's pension commission is currently debating the long-run affordability of the Irish pension system. The NERI...
The 8th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture
This year, the NERI was delighted to host Professor Emeritus of Economics Cormac Ó Gráda for our 8th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture in our biggest event yet. His lecture “The Irish Economy After A Century” offered a long view of economic development on the island of Ireland. Professor Ó Gráda...
8th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture - Video
Video from the 8th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture held as a webinar on Tuesday 23rd February, 2021. Professor Cormac Ó Gráda gave this years Lecture. The title was 'The Irish Economy After A Century'...
NERI Submission to the Department of the Taoiseach re the National Recovery & Resilience Programme
External event contribution The NERI Submission to the Department of the Taoiseach re the National Recovery & Resilience Programme was written by the NERI Co-director, Dr Tom McDonnell on 22nd February, 2021.