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Irish Economy

Last year
2025
The Morning Lead
ESRI 'genuinely worried' about 2008-style budget crisis if US corporate taxes dry up
Economic uncertainty has never been as high as it is now, the ESRI said.
David MacRedmond
26 Jun 2025
17.6k
58
Analysis
Growth, jobs, wages: there are plenty of positives on the sunny side of Ireland's economy
Paul O'Donoghue
1 Jun 2025
13.5k
72
The Morning Lead
There are wide economic gaps between the Republic and North. What does that mean for unity?
Muiris O'Cearbhaill
15 Apr 2025
18.6k
85
tariff talks
Tánaiste to fly to Washington for special meetings, as government prepares for trade war impact
Updated 4 Apr 2025
22.8k
121
trade tariffs
'Liberation Day' and its fallout: Trump thrives on the uncertainty and chaos he's created
Larry Donnelly
3 Apr 2025
11.5k
36
Irish Economy
Government to go into preparation overdrive in coming days to counter US tariff blowback
Cabinet Committee on Ireland’s economy to meet for the first time to assess US tariff fallout
Updated 2 Apr 2025
15.7k
RELATED
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2 Apr 2025
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1 Apr 2025
Tariff threats: Taoiseach says fallout 'could very well' impact Budget calculations
31 Mar 2025
Economics
Analysis: How well is the Irish economy really doing?
Ciarán Casey
Updated 11 Mar 2025
15.1k
37
All time
Analysis
How are we doing? Why the world’s most important economic statistic is almost useless in Ireland
Paul O'Donoghue
29 Dec 2024
25.9k
64
CSO National Accounts Results
Irish economy up 5% according to ‘deglobalized measure’ but down 5.5% when using GDP metric
12 Jul 2024
8.1k
21
Irish Economy
Failure to address housing issues could push inflation upwards, warns Central Bank
12 Mar 2024
9.1k
22
ESRI
Irish economy continues to grow despite contraction in GDP for first time in over a decade
14 Dec 2023
11.7k
42
Irish Economy
Taoiseach pledges tax cuts despite ESRI saying there is 'no rationale' following summer report
Updated 29 Jun 2023
17.5k
39
Wellbeing
Opinion: 'How to spend the country's €65 billion surplus and make people happy'
Dr Mark Henry
30 May 2023
13.9k
36
Irish Economy
Analysis: Are we headed for recession? Does it matter?
Victor Duggan
31 Dec 2022
31.8k
16
Economic Outlook
Central Bank forecasts strong growth and drop in unemployment as economy shrugs off Omicron
26 Jan 2022
7.9k
7
Economic Growth
Irish economy to grow by 13.6% by end of 2021, as unemployment rate falls to 7%
16 Dec 2021
18.7k
33
mortgage lending rules
Opinion: To maintain economic resilience we must learn from the past and look to the future
Vasileios Madouros
20 Jun 2021
9.3k
10
Alexei Navalny
Chemical watchdog confirms Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent
6 Oct 2020
10.9k
8
Leinster House
Dáil to sit today to discuss Covid-19 impacts on Ireland's economy
23 Apr 2020
7.3k
11
Economy
Irish economic growth expected to slow even with Brexit trade deal, says Central Bank
12 Feb 2020
14.3k
27
column
Opinion: The robots are coming - and men should be more worried than women
Shawn Britton
9 Sep 2019
24.9k
45
Opinion
Previewing Ireland's economy in 2019: The stats don't lie - Ireland is doing well right now
Victor Duggan
28 Dec 2018
48.3k
71
VISUALISED
Here's the impact of Ireland’s economic crisis on housing in graph form
7 Dec 2018
31.5k
33
brexit wounds
Even in the best-case Brexit scenario, the Irish economy will still take a hit - government report
13 Feb 2018
20.4k
59
Employment Authority
Some foreign nationals in Ireland work in 'conditions that are close to slavery'
11 Feb 2018
31.5k
72
Four more years
For the 4th year running Ireland is set to be Europe's fastest growing economy
8 May 2017
18.6k
153
it's the economy stupid
The medium-term outlook for Ireland is good - but Brexit and housing bubble are looming risks
5 Dec 2016
10.7k
20
brexit wounds
A hard Brexit could cost 40,000 Irish jobs - report
7 Nov 2016
16.9k
67
FactCheck
FactCheck: Is Ireland actually the world's "most globalised" country?
30 Aug 2016
30.0k
37
Budget 2017
Retailers fear return to cross-border shopping if sterling continues to fall
15 Aug 2016
18.9k
53
Trouble Brewing
These international problems could seriously wreck Ireland's economic plans
27 Apr 2016
24.6k
58
Deja Vu
These are 5 things that could wreck Ireland's economy all over again
15 Sep 2015
35.8k
40
hello sunshine
There are few clouds on the horizon for the Irish economy right now
10 Sep 2015
28.3k
112
retail sales
A price war is making things much cheaper for consumers
29 May 2015
16.3k
7
RISKY BUSINESS
Here are the things that could push Ireland over a cliff this year
15 May 2015
18.7k
45
default in our stars
Argentina just burned its bondholders - could we have done the same?
2 Aug 2014
26.0k
86
the more the merrier
Here's how Richard Bruton plans to create 7,000 jobs a year in multinational companies
30 Jul 2014
8.8k
42
It Gets Better
Government deficit drops to 5.6% of GDP
29 Jul 2014
9.1k
37
missed target
Euro growth slowdown sets alarm bells ringing
15 May 2014
8.8k
40
reluctant
Despite being more confident about the economy, Dubliners are wary of setting up a business
13 May 2014
10.6k
8
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