Economic & Social Research Institute

Households will see their disposable income effectively fall next year as a result of Budget 2020, which left tax bands unchanged, analysis from the E(...)

There were reports of some motorists queueing to fill up their tanks ahead of the imposition of the additional carbon tax at midnight on Budget night.(...)

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) had an income €11.3 million last year while the number of staff earning over €100,000 rose from 12 t(...)

In spite of a pre-Budget tizzy about carbon taxes, the scale of increase announced, less than 2 cent per litre of diesel or petrol for instance, is so(...)

Monday Indicators: Irish industrial production (Aug); UK Halifax house price index (Sep); German factory orders (Aug). Meetings: NG Retail Summit (...)

Wealthier people with private health insurance are more likely to avail of potentially life-saving cancer screening tests in Ireland, a leading think-(...)

On Wednesday the EU announced major funding for a new electricity interconnector to be built between Ireland and France, which is expected to be opera(...)

With waiting list figures for homecare spiralling in 2019, demand and cost projections show how much worse things could get if not quickly and decisiv(...)

The Government needs to ensure there is access for everyone to “life-long learning and upskilling” in order to meet the challenges of digitalisation, (...)

Minister for Education Joe McHugh’s decision to give history “special status” on the Junior Cycle curriculum will be cheered by those who feared the s(...)