Ireland needs to find its own ‘Nokia’ to survive

IRELAND needs to identify key industries with significant job-creating potential and build its recovery around them, says IBEC economist Reetta Suonpera.

Speaking at the Kenmare 2009 economic symposium in Kerry over the weekend, Ms Suonpera delivered a talk entitled Lessons for Ireland from the Finnish Crisis.

In the 1990s, Finland endured a property-led economic collapse.