Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

In the coming months the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, will have to take a range of critical decisions which will make or break the Governmen(...)

The Irish economy could begin overheating by the end of 2019, the left-leaning think tank the Nevin Economic Institute has predicted. The institute’(...)

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is to begin a review of the sustainability of corporation tax income in the wake of the sharp increase in receipt(...)

The current rate of health spending, if repeated for the rest of the year, will be a “significant risk” to the management of the public finances, Mini(...)

One of the “big four” professional services firms has increased its growth forecast for the State’s economy in light of strong corporate tax receipts (...)

The Government is preparing to take decisions that some will see as “lacking compassion” to rein in public spending, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has wa(...)

The notorious criminal Larry Dunne, credited with flooding the streets of Dublin with heroin in the 1970s, famously remarked to gardaí after his convi(...)

The Irish economy is on a knife-edge, poised between “overheating” and a major Brexit-related downturn, the State’s chief economist has warned. John(...)

Thousands of credit union members across the State are being asked to withdraw some of their savings, as caps are being applied to deposit accounts. S(...)

Last November, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) unleashed a torrent of criticism against the Government for “repeatedly” breaching its own bud(...)