Irish economic growth will grind to a halt and unemployment will creep above 5% this year under Italy-style quarantines to control the Covid-19 outbreak here, the Economic and Social Research Institute has projected in new forecasts.

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) is working on scenarios that take account of significant hits to the Irish economy should the coronavirus crisis lead to the Government imposing long periods of quarantine.

A relatively small falloff in windfall corporation tax receipts would deliver an outsized and longstanding hit to government finances, the Economic and Social Research Institute has warned.

One of the country’s leading economic think-tanks has called for increased taxes and less spending to form the basis of next year’s budget.

Brexit uncertainty is already weighing on spending and investment plans, and banks are less willing to advance loans to SMEs, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute.

The economy is expanding so strongly that Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe ought to turn his back on deep cuts to personal taxes and spend even less than what will be available to him in so-called fiscal space, the Economic and Social Research Institute has said.

A leading think-tank has warned the Government’s plans could potentially add too much fuel to the economy and lead to another bust.

There is no early end in sight to house price increases and it will take several years for new housing supply to come anywhere near to meeting the demand, the Economic and Social Research Institute has warned.

There is no early end in sight to house price increases and it will take “the next five, six, seven years” for new supply to come anywhere near to meeting pent-up demand, the Economic and Social Research Institute warns.

The Taoiseach has suggested that the homelessness crisis will be solved by 2019, when, he says, more houses will be built than are needed.

House prices will continue to climb strongly over the next three years bringing closer the time when the Government may have to consider raising taxes to cool a potentially overheating economy, the country’s leading think tank has warned.

Ireland finds it hard to resist the temptation to feast in the good times. We must avoid bloating ourselves back into an economic crisis, says Kyran Fitzgerald

Efforts to boost house building could end up in a bloated construction industry and the economy ultimately overheating if the Government were to fail to rein in spending, the Economic and Social Research Institute has warned.

The fallout from Brexit will hit Ireland's economy for another five years, one of the country's leading think-tanks has warned.

Northern Ireland would be the worst hit of all economies by a Brexit, a leading thinktank has warned.

The economy will surge 6% this year and will keep growing rapidly next year too at a rate of 4.5%, while significant increases in domestic demand and for the first time in consumer spending will drive the recovery, the Economic and Social Research Institute said in its latest quarterly bulletin.

Influential think-tank the Economic and Social Research Institute has added its voice to growing chorus of commentators warning that the Government risks spoiling the recovery if it were to pump too much into the economy in its pre-election budget in October.

The Central Bank’s attempt to prevent another property bubble was introduced too soon and could have adverse effects on housing supply and the rental market, according to the ESRI.

The Irish economy will post another year of strong growth in 2014 on the back of more robust levels of investment, combined with a recovery in domestic consumption, according to the ESRI’s spring quarterly economic commentary, which was launched yesterday.

The ESRI is the latest body to come out against the Central Bank’s proposed 20% deposit requirement for mortgage lending, saying it had the potential to do more harm than good.

One of the country’s leading think-tanks has claimed Ireland will have one of the fastest growing economies in Europe this year.

The money raised from water charges should be used to fund the building of social housing and not to pay for cuts in income tax, according to the country’s leading economics think-tank.

The number of people out of work in Ireland is to fall below one in 10 for the first time in years, Government-funded researchers have predicted.

A man who dove in front of his girlfriend and saved her life during the Colorado movie shooting has been remembered for his selfless sacrifice, while an aspiring sports journalist was praised for her boundless energy.

A man who dove in front of his girlfriend and saved her life during the Colorado movie shooting has been remembered for his selfless sacrifice, while an aspiring sports journalist was praised for her boundless energy.

AN astonishing result emerged last week at the auction of a 27-acre dairy farm at Leagh, Ballyduff, Co Kerry.