Central Bank warns if overheating is allowed, we're in for another boom-bust cycle
The Central Bank said the government needs to avoid policies that could add to this risk.
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The Central Bank said the government needs to avoid policies that could add to this risk.
The changes made in Budget 2000 caused considerable debate and controversy at the time, according to the ESRI.
Nearly 2,000 people have been infected by the Ebola outbreak.
The International Monetary Fund is to give its official global economic forecasts in two weeks.
Today MEPs voted to endorse the findings of a report into the Troika – but ultimately there will be no sanctions. Ireland is not yet free from economic shackles, writes Nessa Childers MEP.
The ninth and final meeting of the Constitutional Convention also voted to emphasis rights to housing, social security, and essential health care.
The relationship between ethics and economics is long-standing – we’ve just been ignoring it, writes Robert Grant.
The convention is meeting for the last time in it’s 15-month process with economic, social and cultural rights the topics of the day.
The Cabinet met last Thursday to consider the document, which will be signed off today.
Unlike other small open economies, Ireland does not have a single agency dedicated to fighting corruption; our failure to hold people to account for manifest wrongdoing sends a clear message to citizens and international investors.
The radical proposal will be voted on next week in a referendum.
Iceland’s voters flocked back to the two parties ousted in 2009 after presiding over the worst financial crisis ever to hit the country.
An Taisce also said that poor air quality is costing the country up to €6.3 billion per year in lost days at work and health costs.
London Metropolitan University is documenting the history of Irish people in Britain. Here are just some of the things they’ve found for their archive.
The figure is slightly better than it was a few months ago – but one third of businesses are still waiting more than three months to be paid.
The American Chamber of Ireland said that Ireland “cannot be complacent” as other countries are improving their competitiveness all the time.
The fall comes amid economic turmoil in developed markets and a slowdown in the country.
DPP Claire Loftus made the comments in the office’s annual report for 2011, saying she was concerned it could not sustain the same output in coming years.
Here’s a look at how the ripples of a Greek exit could spread across the global financial system.
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“It’s just not going to happen this time around,” Minister Simon Coveney told TheJournal.ie.
An Taisce has rated planning systems in 34 city and county councils. Nine of them got an ‘F’ grade.
The second largest economy in the eurozone has halved its growth projections for 2012 – but insists that it will return to growth next year.
Global happiness levels remain high, despite the economic turmoil – just not in Ireland.
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In a dramatic speech this evening, the French president said that there needs to be a “rethink” of how Europe is structured – and possibly a new treaty.
Treasury Holdings co-founder says Irish students should be learning a Chinese language – Enda Kenny says it’s up to schools. What do you say?
Ireland could return to normal lending markets by 2014 according to the economic think tank.