The Celtic Comeback? Don’t Believe the Hype
My thoughts on Enda Kenny’s Time magazine cover are here.
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Irish Economy
Germany to Spain and Ireland: Drop Dead
I haven’t been as euphoric as some commentators about Ireland’s prospects of getting a “seismic” “game-changing” deal on bank-related debt.
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Ireland’s Promissory Notes: An Updated Primer
An updated version of my promissory note paper is now available. Details here.
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McGill Summer School Talk on Debt, Austerity and Growth
Here‘s a link to my speaking notes for a talk that I gave tonight at the McGill Summer School. The
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Ireland Debt Negotiations: Not About Interest Rate on Promissory Note
The byzantine complexities of the IBRC’s promissory note-emergency liquidity assistance arrangements are such that it is inevitable that even the
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New Briefing Paper: Ireland and the ECB
I have written a new briefing paper for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs committee. The paper discusses the
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Time For ECB to Cut Ireland Some Slack?
In this article on Forbes.com, I discuss the possibility of a deal with the ECB on Ireland’s promissory notes in
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No Mr. Noonan, NAMA Does Not Borrow From the ECB
One of the great myths about the Irish economy that has circulated in recent years is the idea that the
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Irish Banks Are Not Meeting Their SME Lending Commitments
During my appearance on the Vincent Browne show a few weeks ago, government TD Damien English told me that the
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Morning Ireland Interview on Promissory Notes: April 4
I was interviewed on Morning Ireland earlier today about the prospect of a deal with the EU on Ireland’s promissory
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Promissory Note Arrangement an Exercise in Political Optics
From a public relations point of view, the revised promissory note arrangement has been a great success for the Irish
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Business and Finance Article: Second Bailout Ahead
Here‘s an article I wrote for this month’s Business and Finance. After the excessive focus on the relatively unimportant issue
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Vincent Browne Show: March 29, 2012
I appeared on TV3’s Vincent Browne show last night to discuss the new promissory note arrangement. The video of the
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Promissory Note “Deal”: Not What Had Been, Em, Promised
Yesterday’s promissory note announcement was so complex that one might imagine that the government’s officials have been cooking up the
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Promissory Note “Deal” Fails to Meet Low Expectations
Despite a lot of hype in recent weeks that the Irish government were going to arrive at a deal with
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Delay Household Charge Until September 30
It is now clear that compliance with the household charge due on March 31 is going fall well short of
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Standalone Deal on March 31 Payment Not Important
There has been a lot of media coverage in Ireland this week of a potential deal in the coming days
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Effect of Austerity Measures by Country
Here’s what I was referring to in the previous post when I recommended looking at a European Commission report. It’s
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IBEC Talk: March 2012
I gave a talk this morning on the outlook for the Irish economy to IBEC‘s national council. You can find
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Some Good Employment News: QNHS 2011:Q4
To offset the bad taste of that nasty green jersey article, I’ll note some good news about the Irish economy.
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Business and Finance Article: Green Jersey Economics
Here‘s a (slightly crankier than usual) piece I wrote for Business and Finance. (I didn’t supply the picture). The article
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