Promising signs as exports lead recovery

Many challenges remain despite a positive outlook for 2015, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Things are looking up for the indigenous export sector, which is good news for the rest of us.

In the case of Ireland, it really is a case of export or die. We remain one of the most open economies in the world with total exports this year set to exceed €195bn. Much of this is accounted for by multinationals, with close to 60% of merchandise exports provided by the pharmaceutical & chemicals sector.