Category: Investment
Rise in inflation should not last
Paul Sweeney 13/01/2022
A year ago here on Progressive Economy, I asked if inflation was about to take off. Regrettably it has. The Irish Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to a surprisingly high 5.3% by November last. The question on everyone’s mind is whether it will fall again soon after the covid-induced supply chain issues are resolved or will it continue at over 5% …
Kickstarting the Economy
Robert Sweeney 01/07/2020
It is no exaggeration to say that the challenges facing the new government are both unprecedented and among the largest in the history of state. As …
The Entrepreneurial Irish State
Paul Sweeney 31/01/2019
Perhaps the most sucessful example of the entrepreneurial state in Ireland is IDA Ireland. It is a state agency which has been incredibley successful …
Now inevitable that public money will be wasted on rural broadband
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves 29/11/2018
The decision to continue with the procurement of the national broadband plan (NBP) is not a surprise as the main findings of the review by Peter …
Ireland needs to upset the Apple cart on corporate tax
David Jacobson 26/10/2018
Ireland has been subject to a great deal of international criticism about its corporate tax regime. While Irish people might feel defensive about …
ESB should build broadband network in co-operation with other State utilities
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves 19/10/2018
Last week’s controversial resignation of minister Denis Naughten is generally believed to have thrown the National Broadband Plan (NBP) into …
NBP: Problematic privatisation
Donal Palcic 28/09/2018
The roots of the ongoing debacle with the implementation of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) can be traced back to the privatisation of Eircom. …
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Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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