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Trade and economic uncertainty reaches record levels, Government trade forum hears

Government assessment is of robust economy continuing to grow, but at slower rate

ESRI cuts growth forecasts and warns of constraints to building projects

Think tank lowers growth outlook for economy on back of US trade policy uncertainty

More than 1m Irish people exposed to harmful transport noise, report finds

Noise threat likely to be underestimated, Galway based noise specialist say, ‘particularly in Dublin airport’

The numbers say we need private rental investment to address housing crisis

Latest Government proposals don’t deal effectively with the challenge of encouraging private investment in homes to rent

Average mortgage approval value hit new record of €319k in April

Home loans valued at €1.5bn approved in April, says BPFI

People in disadvantaged areas face worse health outcomes than before, ESRI report finds

Unemployment rates have improved but may not outweigh prices increases due to cost of living, study finds

ESRI to warn Government of no major uptick in housing supply this year or next

Planning a major constraint on the housing system

Ireland’s rising rents: ‘Our budget would have been €1,300 a month, there isn’t even anything listed for that’

With rents across the State rising at the fastest rate in decades, people tell us about the challenges tenants face

Slow recovery of SME investment post Covid ‘concerning’, says ESRI report

While 60 per cent of small and medium size firms in Ireland engaged in capital investment in 2023, that still lagged behind the pre-pandemic levels

Clamping down on Airbnb should be scrapped

ESRI research raises fundamental questions about need for legislation to tighten short term lettings rules

Greater numbers of jobs advertised at minimum wage after 2024 rate increase

Percentage of jobs offering minimum wage stayed in single figures but jumped to 15% when hourly pay rose from €11.30 to €12.70

Abolition of pre-teen pupil selection will not solve North’s school-leaver problem, says leading academic

Republic’s education system should ‘not be too smug’ as it too streams students, Prof Anne Looney says

Republic and Northern Ireland must co-operate to attract foreign direct investment to border counties, says Taoiseach

ESRI research highlights ‘huge untapped potential’ that exists for all-island co-operation

The idea that immigration fuels Ireland’s housing crisis is wrong

What this argument misses is that immigrants are overwhelmingly victims of the housing crisis. By any measure, immigrants come out much worse than Irish-born households

Airbnb not to blame for State’s rental crisis, report finds

ESRI study links shortage of rental accommodation to lack of market turnover

ESRI appoints Prof Martina Lawless as new director

Martina Lawless worked as a research economist with the Central Bank for ten years before joining the ESRI in 2015

Wealth gap tensions: ‘My friends don’t have to budget like me. A round of cocktails scares the s**t out of me’

We’re reluctant to discuss it, but wealth disparity an cause serious tension in relationships

New research highlights wealth divide between North and South

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ESRI report highlights growing North-South prosperity gap

Republic’s economy ahead of Northern Ireland in nearly every metric

‘Worrying’ quality of life gaps growing every year between North and South, says report

Infant mortality is rising in Northern Ireland and life expectancy there is worse than in the Republic

Workers in Republic pay twice as much tax as those in North but are still better off, says ESRI report

Trade between North and South has increased since Brexit

Farmers and urban dwellers equally worried by climate change and willing to act, ESRI study finds 

Research points to significant knowledge gap on actions needed to reduce carbon emissions

Plans to increase paid sick leave for workers to be stalled under Cabinet proposal

Retail, accommodation and food services sectors would be more affected should the statutory sick leave entitlement increase from five days to seven

Only half of fathers taking paternity leave, report says

Higher-paid fathers and those working in larger companies were more likely to avail of paternity leave, research found

Ireland and Trump’s tariffs: From pharma to booze – how will our prices, jobs and economy be hit?

Cost of living could be in the firing line and a significant number of jobs could be affected

US tariffs will curb exports and slow growth, ESRI warns

Quarterly economic report also warns that US protectionism could significantly hit Irish corporate tax take

Rent pressure zones ‘effective’ in controlling rents but have triggered fall-off in supply, says ESRI

ESRI puts forward three options to replace rent pressure zone structure, which now operates across 66 urban areas in 17 counties

Taoiseach taps ESRI’s McQuinn as economic adviser

Economics professor Alan Ahearne had previously served as adviser to Micheál Martin

US tariffs could cost Irish economy more than €18bn in lost trade

ESRI study warns of ‘significant negative impact’ on economy from US tariffs and other protectionist measures

Many special needs students struggle to access career advice at second level, finds study

Research tracks experiences of vulnerable young people and level of support offered by schools

How Covid changed me: ‘Remote working is second to none. I have kids, am stress-free and eat healthier’

For some the pandemic offered an opportunity to ‘shut the laptop and never look back’; for others it was a time of fear and vulnerability whose consequences are still being felt

Households of people with disabilities hit by extra costs and lower income

Up to 93% of household disposable income goes towards mitigating severe disability, report finds

‘It’s about women North and South learning about each other, learning about the grassroots issues in their communities’

Talk of a new Ireland is one thing, but it must focus on improving people’s lives to be worth anything, women declare in Longford

We have seen an increase in school refusals among older children

It’s vital to improve engagement with school, because childhood lasts a lifetime

Work was biggest factor in people’s risk-taking during Covid-19 pandemic, ESRI report finds

People aged over 60 were most socially active

Builders engaging senior counsel at outset of projects in anticipation of substantial legal challenges – Ifac

Economist Niall Conroy says ‘big step change’ needed to double number of homes being delivered

Northern businesses setting up firms in the Republic to benefit from lower corporation taxes

Some British-based companies increasingly reluctant to trade with Northern Ireland because of the paperwork challenges

Government not limited to its 303,000 housing target

Department responds to Davy estimate of need for up to 93,000 new homes a year

Human psychology: ‘Even being told you are old could affect things like blood pressure’

Research Lives: Dr Deirdre Robertson is a senior researcher at the behavioural research unit, ESRI

About 10% of people moving to Ireland in year to April 2024 were seeking international protection, research finds

Total number of 149,200 represents 5 per cent increase on previous year but includes those who would subsequently have moved on

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