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What Can Be Done About Faulty Building
Paul Sweeney 10/02/2023
Many of the deaths in the recent Turkish earthquakes could have been prevented had there been better laws and better enforcement of the existing lax …
Cycling to Carmageddon
James Wickham 11/12/2022
In 2030 there will be more cars on the road in Ireland. As a direct result of current climate change policy, the private car will be more embedded in …
Ireland’s Tech Boom
Rory O'Farrell 18/11/2022
Over the past decade, Ireland’s tech sector boomed. From 2012 to 2022, employment almost doubled, while wages for such workers rose 47 percent …
Fiscal Rules Reform
Robert Sweeney 17/11/2022
On Wednesday last week, the European Commission published a communication on the future trajectory of the Fiscal Rules, which have been suspended …
Wage Theft in Ireland (Part 2)
Michelle O'Sullivan 04/11/2022
A Progressive Economy blog earlier this year (14th April) highlighted the growing concern internationally with the phenomenon of wage theft, …
Make Agriculture Exciting Again
Kieran Harrahill 18/10/2022
The question of how agriculture in Ireland can adapt to the need to reduce emissions has become a contentious issue recently. Agriculture has a large …
From Free Market to Subsidised Capitalism
Paul Sweeney 13/10/2022
There has been a revolutionary transformation of Capitalism, the western economic system, in just over a decade. Four extraordinary events have …
Budget 2023
Rosheen Callender 04/10/2022
Budget 2023 was wide-ranging and seemed to be very well-thought-out. It gave almost-immediate help, in the form of lump sums, to those who’ll be …
Ireland’s corporation tax revenue is set for a large fall
Rory O'Farrell 28/09/2022
Ireland has received bumper corporation tax revenue over the past decade, something which has puzzled many economists. The Irish Fiscal Advisory …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Robert Sweeney
Robert Sweeney is a policy analyst at TASC and focuses on issues surrounding Irish …