“Dramatic cuts” will be needed to Government spending if it continues to spiral, while high debt levels mean the country is very exposed to the next crash, TDs will be warned today.

The representative body for Ireland’s engineers has called for the establishment of a single unit tasked with the development of the nation’s infrastructure which, it says, will expedite the building of projects such as the Metro North and M20 Cork-Limerick motorway.

The great American presidential mud wrestling match has reached its climax. There will soon be a blonde wig, or two, on the green.

Alarm bells are ringing for the economy after tax returns were €89m below target for July. This may be the first indicator of the impact of Brexit.

The Higher Education Authority (HEA) currently has only 10 members instead of the 19 it should have by law, with two positions vacant for over a year.

The publication of the long-delayed and much leaked Cassells Report on third-level financing is both welcome and depressing.

For the first time new creches and preschools here will have to undergo inspection before they can open their doors to babies and young children.

Plans to abolish the universal social charge will have to be delayed or abandoned to fund changes to Irish Water, it has emerged.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney’s businessman brother has publicly questioned how so many people have been “left behind” in what he described as the “unprecedented economic recovery” of recent years.

The capitulation of the Government to the legal profession displays again how vested interests can hold others to ransom, writes Michael Clifford

The head of the State’s electricity network has defended pay and bonuses for staff at the semi-state company, but claims figures quoted by economist Stephen Kinsella are wide of the mark.

Irish taxpayers could have been spared more than €14bn worth of payments to unsecured bondholders without jeopardising their deposits despite repeated claims to the contrary, the previous government’s chief legal adviser has claimed.

A second free preschool year for all children is not possible because there are not enough places available, according to research.

Amid the gloom of Ireland’s draw with Scotland, focus has shifted onto how we can improve our production line of young talent.

New EU governance rules and their impact on the Irish economy will be discussed at a conference in Co Clare tonight.

With Dublin house prices described as an ‘uncomfortable boom’ and prices in commuter counties starting to rise, Fiachra Ó Cionnaith asks are we really headed for another property bubble?

There has been no discussions between the Irish Central Bank and any US banks about a possible relocation to Dublin if the UK leaves the EU, according to sources. 

Over the last months of 2013 and first few of this year, a degree of optimism has crept into the national psyche, as it finally seems we are emerging from the greatest economic depression in a generation.

The Government was wrong to promise tax cuts in next October’s budget as the uncertain economic backdrop makes it unlikely it will be able to deliver, according to a leading economist.

In 2008 economist Nouriel Roubini earned widespread ridicule for claiming that the embryonic problems in the US subprime sector would mutate into an existential financial crisis that would cost the banking system over $1 trillion (€721bn).

Irish financial traders may have dodged the Bitcoin bullet as the value of the crypto-currency collapses following a Chinese ruling that it is a product, not a currency.

Will the next generation of Irish economists be better prepared to tackle an economic crisis or has the profession failed to learn from the largest financial crash since the great depression?

Facing more music.

The state guarantee of the banking system introduced five years ago that eventually undermined the country’s economic sovereignty was based on a lack of proper information, according to experts.

THE Lough Erne Declaration on tax, a 10-point plan that fits neatly onto an A4 page, falls short of what most economists and campaigners were hoping to see emerge from the hyped group of eight meeting in a bankrupt hotel in Northern Ireland this week.

The mortgage crisis is starting to “rage beyond control” and will take years to resolve, experts warned as new figures show the numbers of people in arrears for more than 90 days is continuing to rise.

Reaction in Limerick to an Irish Examiner billboard campaign flagging an in-depth look at crime figures across Ireland may have resulted from a misinterpretation of the nature of the promotion, the newspaper’s editor said yesterday.

While Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton has insisted that the Irish tax regime is transparent, tax campaigners accused Ireland of being a ‘doormat’ state while academics claimed that up to 150,000 jobs could be jeopardised by Apple’s tax practices.

Ireland’s 12.5% corporate tax rate is coming under unprecedented pressure from the UK, US and the EU.

The decision to hand responsibility to the ECB for the supervision of the eurozone’s 6,000 banks could have damaging implications for the Irish banking system, according to University of Limerick economics lecturer Stephen Kinsella.

Economists say the high level of household debt highlighted by the IMF is blocking Ireland's hopes of economic recovery.

Ireland’s bankers and bailout masters are pressing the Government to make it easier to seize homes bought as investments to rent out as defaults on the loans surge.

The Minister for Social Protection says cutting social welfare payments will do more harm than good to Ireland's economic recovery.

Reports this morning suggest the Government could request the return of as much as €32bn in bank debt under the new deal negotiated at EU level this week.

It is “very possible” the Government will begin negotiations next year on a second bailout, according to UCD economist Karl Whelan.

The Government should delay making further scheduled bailout payments to the former Anglo Irish Bank for as long as possible, a number of leading economists said yesterday.

Irish banks reduced their dependance on ECB loans by over €1.1bn in December, according to the monthly credit statistics from the Central Bank.

There has been a decline in the number of jobs being advertised on the website Irishjobs.ie during the last three months of 2011.

MORE than seven in 10 Irish executives are upbeat about their career prospects for 2012, a survey carried out by Amárach Research for the recruitment group, Merc Partners, has found.

The irony is that Ireland’s recovery is at risk as others follow our approach, write Carmel Crimmins and Gavin Jones

The EU/IMF sentence imposed on Ireland should be replaced by conditions conducive to our growth, writes Stephen Kinsella

IRELAND’S emigration rate has soared by 45% according to the latest statistics, with an estimated 1,500 people leaving the country every week.