Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Perhaps the crisis has changed Irish election campaigns – at least a bit. The line- up of promise after promise continues, based on a benign economic (...)

The parties are about to launch their manifestos. And as their basis they will be using updated Department of Finance estimates for the public finance(...)

A new chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council will have to be appointed by the next government following the recent decision by UCC economist Se(...)

The latest budget forecasts from the Department of Finance gives the political parties a bit of a free pass in outlining their spending and tax polici(...)

The key battleground for the election is already becoming clear. Fine Gael will play on the strong economy, the budget surplus and record employment –(...)

At its core, economics is about balancing demands – in Ireland’s case demands for better housing and better health services – with scarce resources. (...)

The Government’s tax take has almost doubled since the low point of the crash in 2010, according to the latest exchequer returns. They show that the (...)

First things first, what is the double Irish? It’s best described as a loophole or a quirk in the Irish tax code that allows companies to incorporate(...)

End of the year, end of the decade; time to reflect and assess. Doubtless you’ll read plenty reviews of 2019 and of the 2010s over the coming days as (...)

Ireland doesn’t do stability. After a brutal economic crash and an equally savage austerity programme, the Irish economy has put in five years of what(...)