Ireland would be the worst hit if Britain continues to head down the path toward a ‘hard Brexit’ divorce with Brussels, an in-depth Irish study of exports and imports across the EU has revealed.

Ireland should make a case at the EU level for the development of a special mechanism for managing agricultural emissions, according to John Curtis, environmental economist with the ESRI.

Ireland’s recession will deepen next year with the downturn compounded by soaring unemployment, the country’s leading economic think-tank predicted today.

IRELAND needs to raise its top rate of tax to 53c if we are to tackle the huge number of people at risk of poverty and bring our social welfare system in line with the best in Europe, an Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) study revealed yesterday.

Ireland could face a pensions crisis in the future as the average life expectancy rises, it emerged today.