Irish Economy - Karl Whelan

Options for Ireland’s Legacy Bank Debt

Prior to the recent European elections, I was commissioned by the Labour Party to write a briefing document outlining the […]

With the release of Trichet’s August 2011 letter to Spain, worth noting that his November 2010 letter to Brian Lenihan

The various statements from Michael Noonan and ECB board member Jörg Asmussen raise some very serious questions for Mario Draghi about

After years of turmoil, Europe seems to finally have a good news story. Ireland will be the first of country to

Five years ago, Ireland’s government guaranteed almost all of the debts of six privately-owned banks. The subsequent bailout of these

Back to blogging again after a rare bit of time off over the summer, here are some comments on the

Probably the biggest economic story in Europe this week has been the release of recorded phone calls from 2008 between executives of

My reaction to the final agreement on Cyprus including a link to an op-ed I wrote for the Irish Times.

Ding dong the wicked bank is dead. Anglo Irish Bank is no more. Its successor, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is

Lots of people I’ve spoken with about the dreaded Anglo promissory notes are mystified at why the Irish government seems