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The pressure on the Government to “do something” about high prices led to a particularly acute outbreak of performance politics. The…
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The Department of Finance has been talking down the health of the public finances in recent years, warning that it could all go wrong if…
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Sometimes a lot of history can lurk behind one statistic. This week, the Central Statistics Office said that the average age at which…
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The past week or so has shown yet again that no one really knows anything. The sudden collapse and bailout of Silicon Valley Bank and a…
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Do we actually know what we want from the rental market in Ireland? In all the debate over the eviction ban and rent freezes, there is an…
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We should not be even slightly surprised at the extent of debt writedowns offered by AIB – and by other banks – to highly indebted…
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The debate over the Government’s cost-of-living package signals the start of a new phase of the age-old economic debate in Ireland about…
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Ireland’s economic figures should carry a health warning. This week the Central Statistics Office estimated that Gross Domestic Product…
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Interest rates are going up again next week. The European Central Bank announced last October that it was giving up forward guidance –…
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