Gross National Income

The Republic’s rapidly ageing population is likely to cost the exchequer an additional €850 million a year from 2021 onwards, the Irish Fiscal Advisor(...)

Ireland must increase its funding of projects tackling climate change by nearly six times the current amount to fairly contribute to efforts to preven(...)

People living in Ireland are having significantly fewer children compared to a decade ago despite Ireland’s thriving economy, the Central Statistics O(...)

It’s all about trust. Quite apart from their deleterious effect on the all-Ireland economy, member states simply do not trust the UK’s “customs-light”(...)

The Republic’s annual contributions to the EU budget are based on distorted figures, the Public Accounts Committee has claimed. In its latest report,(...)

The European Commission is proposing to fund a significant part of its next budget through the proposed Consolidated Common Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB)(...)

Ireland’s annual contribution to the EU budget is likely to rise to over €3 billion after the UK leaves the bloc, more than 50 per cent above the curr(...)

Ireland’s contribution to the EU budget is expected to rise to €2.7 billion this year, the Department of Finance has confirmed. This is 35 per cent hi(...)

Ireland’s national debt stood at €198 billion at the end of last year, up 1 per cent from the previous year, figures from the Central Bank show. Whil(...)

The Government must increase overseas aid spending by €128 million this year to keep on track with its financial targets and continue providing suppor(...)