Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) has developed an important role in independent commentary of the budgetary position and outlook which has see(...)

Irish home owners could be paying less interest on their borrowings if European regulators applied looser capital rules to Irish-based banks, accordin(...)

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (IFAC) should have a legal right to access information on budgetary matters, the Organisation for Economic Co-operat(...)

As we battle our way through the Covid-19 pandemic the Government has had to deal with an extraordinary crisis with no advance warning or time for pre(...)

Interest rates at, or below, zero and massive monetary expansion by central banks is helping the Republic and other countries to meet the cost of the (...)

Ireland’s national debt at the end of this year could be close to €240 billion, according to the latest annual report on the State’s indebtedness from(...)

The Government faces a fraught financial juggle in dealing with the pandemic and its aftermath. So here’s the good news. The annual report on the na(...)

The Government should be prepared to borrow for productive investments in areas such as health, housing and education to boost the economy in a post-C(...)

A move by Facebook to repatriate most of its intellectual property from the Republic back to the United States underscores risks to the State’s multin(...)

Irish businesses have been keeping their fingers crossed for months that a Brexit trade deal can be done. The UK’s exit from the EU single market and (...)