# esri - Wednesday 3 August, 2022
# Research
# Research
The ESRI study found that retrofitting homes to a standard needed to support a heat pump was ‘by far’ the greatest driver of cost.
# esri - Wednesday 6 July, 2022
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
The finding was contained in a new ESRI report.
# esri - Thursday 23 June, 2022
# Economic Growth
# Economic Growth
Inflation is set to increase but unemployment is to drop.
# esri - Monday 20 June, 2022
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
Widespread mental health issues, particularly among young women are of ‘significant concern’.
# esri - Thursday 16 June, 2022
# ESRI
# ESRI
The estimate is based on energy inflation observed from January 2021 to April 2022.
# esri - Friday 10 June, 2022
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The Economic and Social Research Institute said the move would give rise to weaker financial work incentives unless capped or time-limited.
# esri - Thursday 26 May, 2022
# Housing
# Housing
A new study has found that more than half of renting households receive State support.
# Housing Costs
# Housing Costs
The new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute looks at housing supports for low-income renters.
# esri - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Undocumented
# Undocumented
‘In cases where a migrant’s residence becomes undocumented, care should be taken to ensure they are not afraid to access basic services.’
# esri - Saturday 30 April, 2022
# Energy Crisis
Russia may have 'crossed the Rubicon' by halting gas flows to Poland and Bulgaria this week, experts say. The move by Gazprom throws into question assumptions about Russia's unwillingness to retaliate using its energy exports. Ireland imports no gas directly from Russia but a loss of Russian supply to Europe could further push up global prices. ≈
# esri - Monday 11 April, 2022
# Cost Of Living
Current social welfare rates were set last year when inflation was expected to peak at 4.5% annually. But with prices on the march, household earnings are now expected to fall in real terms in 2022 for the first time since 2013. Economists say raising core social welfare raise on a temporary basis could be the best way of protecting low-income households.
# esri - Sunday 27 March, 2022
# Cost Of Living
"What we have at present is pretty much all being driven by international factors," one economist said. Issues around energy, food and fertiliser supplies have all reared their heads as a consequence of the war in Ukraine. Consumer sentiment has dipped amid rising prices, raising some concern about Ireland's economic prospects this year.
# esri - Wednesday 23 March, 2022
# Cost Of Living
# Cost Of Living
The combined impact of higher prices and greater uncertainty in global trade from the war in Ukraine is likely to weaken Irish growth this year.
# esri - Thursday 10 March, 2022
# Shared Island Unit
# Shared Island Unit
The major difference between the two systems is the absence of a universal healthcare system in Ireland.
# esri - Thursday 3 March, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
“When it comes to a global energy shortage, the implications are far more devastating in developing countries,” one economist said.
# esri - Wednesday 9 February, 2022
# Inflation
# Inflation
The Government is to unveil a “substantial” package of measures tomorrow, the Tánaiste told Fine Gael TDs.
# esri - Sunday 6 February, 2022
# Inflation
Almost everything is more expensive than it was a year ago, from energy to fuel to bathroom fittings and Big Macs. Usually, governments might cut public spending and central bankers could hike interest rates in response. But economists say the logic of traditional remedies is 'debatable' in the unprecedented context of the pandemic.
# esri - Saturday 29 January, 2022
# Covid Measures
# Covid Measures
According to a survey held on Monday, a lot more people are enjoying themselves again – but there is a sense of unease, too.
# esri - Tuesday 25 January, 2022
# Climate Action
A new Irish study has investigated the public's understanding of climate change and how it affects support for action, Lauren Boland reports. People who are provided with information about climate change and its causes are more likely to be in favour of measures to tackle it. But we tend to underestimate the benefits of high-impact actions, such as eating less meat, and overestimate low-impact actions like recycling.
# esri - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
# ESRI
# ESRI
Following recommendations from the Low Pay Commission, the Irish minimum wage has increased on a yearly basis from 2016 onwards.
# esri - Wednesday 22 December, 2021
# Winter Is Coming
The arrival of freezing temperatures in parts of Europe will likely increase European demand for natural gas. While the forecast for Ireland is comparatively mild, supplies of gas are in relatively short supply across Europe due to a number of factors. This could further increase wholesale gas prices, in turn, fueling electricity and gas bill hikes as soon as January.
# esri - Tuesday 21 December, 2021
# Trading Places
# Trading Places
The food and beverage sector has been particularly affected by the changes, according to the ESRI .
# esri - Thursday 16 December, 2021
# Economic Growth
# Economic Growth
The domestic economy is set to have increased by 6.2%, due to an increase in household spending.
# esri - Tuesday 14 December, 2021
# ESRI
# ESRI
The ESRI study shows that 22% of men and 32% of women aged 20 scored highly for symptoms of depression.
# esri - Wednesday 8 December, 2021
# Growing Up
# Growing Up
The latest in the Growing Up In Ireland research is published today.
# esri - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Brexit
In the year to September, the value of imports to the Republic from the North grew by 60% to almost €2.6 billion. The value of goods going the opposite direction rose by almost 50% over the same period last year to €2.8 billion. The changes have been born of necessity rather than politics or questions of identity, Ian Curran writes.
# esri - Saturday 16 October, 2021
# Young Adults
The pandemic has compounded long-standing issues around accommodation costs, low pay and job precarity, Ian Curran writes. Workers in their 20s are now spending more on rent and earning less in real terms than their parents did. Some of these issues are "particularly troublesome" for women, economists say,
# esri - Friday 15 October, 2021
# ESRI
# ESRI
The research into Tuesday’s budget was published by the Economic and Social Research Institute.
# esri - Thursday 7 October, 2021
# Debt And Taxes
# Debt And Taxes
“Significant investments” in housing, climate change and healthcare will be required, the ESRI said.
# esri - Sunday 26 September, 2021
# Energy Crisis
Demand for gas and electricity has surged this year as economies reopened and businesses ramped back up. European benchmark gas prices have tripled as a result. The problems have been exacerbated in Ireland by the temporary closure of two gas-fired power stations.
# esri - Tuesday 14 September, 2021
# Housing Crisis
# Housing Crisis
Less than 25% of lone parents reported home-ownership, compared with 70% of the total population.
# esri - Sunday 8 August, 2021
# Controversy
After Golfgate, experts noticed a slight decrease in how much people believed others were complying. Orla Dwyer reports that researchers will be keeping an eye to see if a similar effect happens in the wake of Merrion Gate. Perceptions of how other people behave is "strongly related" to our own Covid behaviours, according to the ESRI's Dr Shane Timmons.
# esri - Saturday 3 July, 2021
# Financial Incentives
# Financial Incentives
The idea was mooted by a Fianna Fáil TD earlier this week.
# esri - Wednesday 30 June, 2021
# Vaccine Passes
# Vaccine Passes
How exactly it will work is far from obvious.
# esri - Thursday 24 June, 2021
# Economy
# Economy
The think-tank has outlined its forecasts for the Irish economy in a new report.
# esri - Tuesday 22 June, 2021
# Public Opinion
# Public Opinion
‘Overwhelming majority’ have supported public health measures and would have preferred them to be more restrictive.
# esri - Monday 21 June, 2021
# Pandemic Payments
# Pandemic Payments
The payment is not a disincentive to employment, new research has found.
# esri - Thursday 17 June, 2021
# ESRI
# ESRI
People who are less likely to follow news coverage about Covid-19 are more likely to be vaccine hesitant, the research found.
# esri - Thursday 3 June, 2021
# Solutions
# Solutions
Ireland faces another decade of rising prices and rents unless the government spends money building homes, the ESRI says.
# esri - Monday 31 May, 2021
# NPHET Minutes
# NPHET Minutes
The level of worry about Covid-19 and compliance with restrictions both had a “particularly steep fall” towards the end of April.
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