Sebastian Barnes

Can Ireland rely on super-low interest rates to manage Covid-19 debt?

Smart Money: The future of interest rates is the biggest economic question in decades

Disorderly Brexit will result in €21 billion hit to Irish economy, Ifac warns

Budgetary watchdog says agri-food and SME sectors are most exposed

Fiscal council accuses Government of imprudent spending hike

Watchdog says €5.4bn rise in non-Covid spending for 2021 not adequately funded

State pension age should be 69 by 2040 – budget watchdog

Irish retirement age leave public finances 'vulnerable and unsustainable'

Government ‘missed opportunity’ not saving company tax windfalls, Ifac says

Budgetary watchdog says Republic ‘could have been running a much bigger surplus’ in recent years

Coronavirus: New government faces financial hole of €11bn

Irish Fiscal and Advisory Council says worst-case scenario could be €15bn

Dire warnings of need for tax rises and spending cuts

Seen & Heard: Airbnb hosts in firing line and Johnny Ronan on Bewley’s closure

Seamus Coffey decides against second term as chair of fiscal council

Process to appoint a successor to budgetary watchdog put on hold until after the election

Hard Brexit could present ‘very large shock’ to public finances, committee hears

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) addresses Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee

Fiscal council’s work lacked basic coherence, says civil servant

William Beausang said advisory group ignored offers to work directly with departmental officials

Fiscal chief warns against impact of giveaway politics on economy

Prof John McHale says: ‘Politics may again be leading us to the kind of mistakes we’ve made in the past’

‘Vulnerable’ variable mortgage holders may need protection

Banks increasing variable rates in search of profits, says McHale

Labour TD concerned at advisory council's role ahead of budget

Kevin Humphreys claims giving sensitive forecasts to unelected council undermines Oireachtas

Government must not row back on planned cuts and taxes, watchdog urges

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council believes there is a one-in-three chance the Government will not reach its budget deficit target by 2015

Spending cuts and tax increases should continue, watchdog recommends

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says ‘significant uncertainties’ remain for Irish economy

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