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Economists on Ireland's export performance - more sad stories
Proinnsias Breathnach 16/02/2011
Proinnsias Breathnach: One thing that has always struck me about Irish economists is that, despite the importance of foreign direct investment and …
'Job Pact', not 'Competitiveness Pact'
Tom McDonnell 15/02/2011
Tom McDonnell: Useful post (here) from Andrew Watt. He looks at the latest uninspiring growth figures in Europe (0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the euro …
Who benefits?
Michael Burke 10/02/2011
Michael Burke: This is from the IMF’s latest Interim Staff Report (in effect making sure the Dublin government is doing as it’s told). To quote …
Credit cards in December
An tSaoi 08/02/2011
An Saoi: The Central Bank provides an analysis of credit cards as part of its monthly statistical report. It is the very final Table in the monthly …
Guest post by Dale Tussing: Chinese Health Care - Its Rise and Fall and Current Struggles
07/02/2011
With healthcare one of the items on the General Election agenda, Professor Dale Tussing takes a look at the Chinese experience. It is quite a jump, …
Ireland and Greece – A tale of the good twin and the bad twin and their common fate
Terry McDonough, CJ Polychroniou 07/02/2011
Terry McDonough and CJ Polychroniou: The Celtic Tiger was one of the most famous economic success stories of recent times. Ireland was the poster boy …
When Irish Eyes Are Crying
Paul Sweeney 02/02/2011
Paul Sweeney: Financial journalist Michael Lewis will have an article in Vanity Fair magazine next month, “When Irish Eyes are Crying”. You can …
Where did it all go wrong?
Michael Burke 02/02/2011
Michael Burke: The Central Bank’s latest Quarterly Bulletin contains a sharp reduction in its growth forecasts. It is now forecasting 1.0% GDP in …
Cometh the hour...
Slí Eile 01/02/2011
Slí Eile: If the experience of the past 30 months has shown us anything it is how unstable, unpredictable and volatile the domestic economy is and, …
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Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …
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Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …