Irish Economy - Karl Whelan

After Mrs. Merkel’s Irish Jig, Are Ireland’s Problems Solved?

I’ve been very busy lately so I haven’t had much time for blogging. Here is a belated assessment of where […]

My thoughts on Enda Kenny’s Time magazine cover are here.

I haven’t been as euphoric as some commentators about Ireland’s prospects of getting a “seismic” “game-changing” deal on bank-related debt.

An updated version of my promissory note paper is now available. Details here.

Here‘s a link to my speaking notes for a talk that I gave tonight at the McGill Summer School. The

The byzantine complexities of the IBRC’s promissory note-emergency liquidity assistance arrangements are such that it is inevitable that even the

I have written a new briefing paper for the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs committee. The paper discusses the

In this article on Forbes.com, I discuss the possibility of a deal with the ECB on Ireland’s promissory notes in

One of the great myths about the Irish economy that has circulated in recent years is the idea that the

During my appearance on the Vincent Browne show a few weeks ago, government TD Damien English told me that the