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Disabilities and the Government

It appears our desperate calls for help were not deemed desperate enough even though we are one of the main groups in Irish society most at risk from poverty

The difficult choices that could dramatically increase housing supply in Dublin

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Retrofitting will heat your house but freeze your finances

Would cash spent beefing up your home’s Ber rating be better deployed investing in the market?

Leaving Cert performance more likely to be influenced by school than neighbourhood

ESRI report highlights how child’s performance can be significantly influenced by mother’s level of education

Ireland falling well short of its retrofit targets, ESRI report finds

Underdelivery linked to several factors including high costs, administrative complexity and information constraints

Short absences from school linked to lower Leaving Cert grades, study finds

Chronic absences at ages nine and 13 linked to depression and higher stress levels in early adult years

It was an era of body-moralising in Ireland, when obesity was a personal failure

In a culture that treats bodies as projects to be improved, the idea of simply caring for them feels almost radical

Highly educated emigrants are more likely to return

Housing crisis runs the risk of deterring returning emigrants in the current generation, which will damage the economy

You have more transparency buying a steak in Ireland than you do a home

If we want to fix housing, we need more homes. But we also need to fix the process by which homes are sold

David McWilliams on how social media giants are making billions from fake ads

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Ireland’s bidding system for homes ‘driving prices higher’

Tendency for offers to be pushed higher in open auctions managed by estate agents, reveals ESRI study

North-South electricity price comparisons face scrutiny amid claims of Republic ‘price gouging’

Cross-Border cost differences far from clear but questions are being asked of State’s regulator

Gamblers almost twice as likely to develop problem if they begin as children, ESRI finds

Study find that those who start before the age of 18 double the risk of developing a problem

Who are the 19 special advisers to Micheál Martin and Simon Harris, and what do they do?

Academics, former journalists and long-time loyalists are among the Government’s most trusted advisers and policy wonks

Chronic absenteeism twice as prevalent in Deis schools, report shows

Over one-third of students in the most disadvantaged schools missed 20 or more days in 2023-24

Irish people are wrong about immigration, but are we ready for our own Trump?

Real question why Irish and Irish-American Trump supporters haven’t already died of embarrassment

Ireland ‘losing billions of euro in foreign investment’ due to energy grid constraints

Companies choosing to invest elsewhere in Europe because of infrastructure issues here, adviser says

Historical lessons aplenty for Bulgaria as it enters the euro zone

As the Fed battles political interference, the constitutional independence of the European Central Bank stands as a vital safeguard

‘Difficult to establish’ why Ireland’s electricity prices are so high, says ESRI

Residential electricity prices have doubled between 2018 and 2024

Regulator urged to consider inquiry into high electricity prices

Economic and Social Research Institute says there is no clear reason why prices are so high

Northern Ireland economy ‘underperforming’ Republic but exceeding UK growth rate

Improving cross-border data collection a ‘strategic priority’ for future ‘shared island’ analysis

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