Category: Journalism
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How badly hurt might Ireland be by a hard Brexit?
Another week, another report on the costs of a hard Brexit. Ireland, unlike the UK, has shown a willingness to engage in open and frank debate on Brexit costs. So, how much will it hurt? The report from Copenhagen Economics, on Brexit, was the latest in a series – the ESRI, the government, the EU-…
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Irish Budget Theatre and the Ghost of 1977
Tuesday sees the budget, a by now largely meaningless piece of set piece theatre. The old days when ministers were afraid to speak a word for fear of leaking have, thankfully, gone. Yet the setpiece remains, and it is a high point of the political year for the minister for finance to deliver the plans…
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Greenways bring huge benefits so why don’t we have more?
As summer 2017 draws to a close it is useful to consider the impact of tourism on the Irish economy. More particularly we can sometimes draw lessons and analogies from the the tourism sector to the wider economy. The proposed South Kerry Greenway, a cycle track along the bed of the old great southern and…
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Ireland – Not yet out of the economic woods
10 years on from the onset of the crisis we could take some time to take stock. The government is keen, as are many, to wipe it from memory – keep the recovery going. The recent undoubted recovery has softened memories for the most part. But if we forget the past we will sure as…
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Broadband Panaceas
The recent release of new economic growth measures has prompted once again again a debate on regional, from which we can generally read urban versus rural, development in Ireland. To listen to some commentators you would imagine that beyond the M50 ring-road or beyond Blarney there is an economic wasteland, with those few people…
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Dark forces and Brexit.
With each day that passes and the ramifications of Brexit become evermore entwined. leaving aside the damage that is being done to the UK’s economic and political reputation, we now see the stirrings, deliberate and calculated, of a pot of debate on a putative Irexit, an Irish exit from the European union. Like it or…
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How to strangle an export industry
Brexit , now that is is really happening, is going to cause a major strain on this country. In that context, and accepting that we don’t want to steal their boots while the body is still warm, it beehooves Ireland to take every opportunity presented to take business from the UK. Much of the discussion…
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With Brexit looming Ireland needs to beef up transport links
Ireland, even without resorting to the leprechaun economics jibes, relies very heavily on exports to contribute to economic growth. Since the 1990s net exports have typically accounted for 10-20% of GDP. With Brexit, all of this now needs to be evaluated.
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Donald and the Robots
Why Donald Trump is wrong about job losses, what can be done about it (v little) and where will that leave us?
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So how much should you look for, wage rise wise, in 2017?
Over the last couple of months some colleagues in the Trinity Business School have been working with Abrivia on their annual salary survey. See here for the 2016 survey . The survey will be formally launched in TCD on 19 January but the below is a sneak preview, based on a column for the Sunday…