Vital not to slip back into old habits in 2014

So, what will 2014 bring on the economic front, for Ireland? Will we continue to turn corners without ending up back where we started, or will we slip back into the chilly embrace of the troika so recently departed?

1 The latter half of 2013 has seen the economy stabilise if not actually begin to show improvement. If we are to have any hope of regaining actual economic sovereignty then we need to see this continue and more especially deepen.

A real sustained economic recovery will only become evident when we see a stabilisation of domestic demand, and that demand being broad based. Right now there is stabilisation, but it is patchy and by no means broad based.