Brexit concerns persist even as GDP leaps 4%

GDP numbers suggesting the economy leaped in the latest quarter again overstate the strength of the economy, analysts have said, as a wary eye is kept on the potential Brexit fallout in the coming months.

The CSO figures showed the economy advanced 4% in the three months to the end of September from the previous three months placing Ireland again in territory as the outlier in the growth stakes in Europe.

Our nearest rival was Croatia where GDP grew 1.7% in the quarter, and compares with the 0.3% expansion posted in the eurozone.