Category: Economics
Ireland’s recovery
Paul Sweeney 24/10/2019
If procyclical domestic policies inflated Ireland’s economic bubble, procyclical austerity demanded by the troika makes Ireland’s recovery all the more remarkable. In a companion piece on the ‘Celtic Tiger’, I explained Ireland’s remarkable ascent from a poor EU country to one of the richest, with employment and living standards for …
Ireland’s route from boom to bubble to bust
Paul Sweeney 15/10/2019
Ireland’s volatile economic path of recent decades has wider European policy implications The ‘Celtic Tiger’, Ireland’s rapid …
What next for Irish unemployment policy?
07/06/2019
By Dr Tom Boland and Dr Ray Griffin WUERC, Waterford Institute of Technology Kindly funded through the IRC New Horizons Interdisciplinary Research …
Is Ireland a Tax Haven?
James Stewart 05/04/2019
For several years various government ministers have stated ‘Ireland is not a Tax Haven’ and the ‘Double - Irish has ended’. Both of these …
The solution to the housing crisis?
Rory Hearne 14/09/2018
There is general acceptance that the housing crisis has reached unacceptable levels. However, the government’s current policies are inadequate to …
Will the Rainy Day Fund Become Another Corporate Bailout?
Paul Sweeney 03/09/2018
The last National Pension Reserve Fund was raided & most of it was squandered. Ireland had a Sovereign Wealth Fund – 1% of GNP plus profits …
Think Tanks Should Put 'Public' Back in Policy
Shana Cohen 23/08/2018
According to the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Society Program, “think tanks are public policy research, analysis, and …
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Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is a …
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