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# GDP

This year
2023
# CSO figures
Domestic economy entered 'technical recession' last year but is still up 8.2%
Despite entering a technical recession, the domestic economy grew by 8.2% using the government’s preferred metric.
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Mar 3rd 2023, 2:49 PM
Voices
Analysis: Why news headlines about Irish GDP are still irritatingly misleading
Economist Ciarán Casey says that Ireland’s GDP often generates news headlines which do nothing for his emotional stability.
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Feb 2nd 2023, 6:30 AM
Last year
2022
Voices
Opinion: GDP is not the right measurement for the growth of a country - it's time for a change
Marc Ó Cathasaigh of the Green Party outlines why he believes the future of growth measurement will be more than GDP.
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Jun 6th 2022, 10:00 PM
# Money
'Weak' economic quarter despite 10.8% growth in GDP
Consumer spending, which was down 0.7%, was affected by rising prices, especially for energy.
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Jun 3rd 2022, 8:01 PM
# Cost of Living
'Real' incomes to fall for first time since 2013 with inflation outpacing wage growth
The war is expected to “weigh” on trade and overall growth while fueling “strong” energy price inflation, the Central Bank said,
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Apr 6th 2022, 12:10 AM
All time
# growth spurts
Irish economic activity to regain pre-Covid health by end of 2021, says Central Bank
Forecasters expect price inflation pressures to moderate in 2022 and 2023.
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Oct 6th 2021, 6:00 AM
# ECB
Hopes for a swift economic recovery in 2021 have faded, says ECB
A resurgence of the virus has weakened euro area growth forecasts.
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Nov 25th 2020, 10:46 AM
# Economy
Ireland now officially in recession after largest ever quarterly GDP drop
The economy shrank by 6.1% between April and June.
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Sep 7th 2020, 2:00 PM
# Unemployment
Ibec warns of the 'sharpest compression of economic activity in living memory'
The business lobbying group forecasts Irish unemployment to level off at 16% and GDP to contract by 11% for the year.
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Jun 4th 2020, 12:05 AM
# downturn
ESRI warns against austerity measures in short-term as economy heals from the pandemic
The think-tank has sketched the likely impact of the virus across a range of Irish economic indicators.
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May 28th 2020, 12:05 AM
# policy and economy
Ireland's economic squeeze: could staff shortages stifle growth?
The economy is still growing, but it is slowing down as capacity constraints limit expansion.
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Dec 5th 2019, 5:36 PM
# Economy
Ireland's economy is set to keep growing next year, but could be seriously hit by a no-deal Brexit
Ibec states that the economy is set to grow by 4% this year.
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Aug 19th 2019, 7:28 AM
# ireland 2029
Only three in 10 of us get 'enough' sleep, so how can we improve this?
Commute times, shift work and mobile phones all play a role.
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Jul 17th 2019, 8:30 PM
# warning
Pound could crash and economy shrink under no-deal Brexit, Bank of England warns
The UK economy could shrink by 8%, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has said.
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Nov 28th 2018, 5:44 PM
Voices
'Our living standards aren't improving because of the unwillingness by govt to correct market failures'
Despite strong headline growth figures, living standards in Ireland are actually below Italy and just a little above Cyprus, writes economist Robert Sweeney.
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Oct 30th 2018, 7:00 AM
Voices
The lost decade is over: Our 7.8% GDP growth last year was comfortably the highest in Europe
The bigger picture is certainly bright; the challenge is to better use the fruits of economic growth to improve living standards, writes Victor Duggan.
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Mar 26th 2018, 7:00 AM
# Four more years
For the 4th year running Ireland is set to be Europe's fastest growing economy
Ireland is expected to grow by 5% this year, up from previous Davy estimates of 3.7%.
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May 8th 2017, 6:40 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Is Frances Fitzgerald right about Ireland's financial gain from the EU?
Big numbers, big claims – FactCheck is here to find out what’s what.
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Jul 31st 2016, 10:00 PM
# leprechaun economics
We might have to give the EU an extra €280 million because of those inflated GDP figures
The massive 26% hike in GDP was decried by one financial journalist as a “work of Irish fiction”.
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Jul 20th 2016, 2:35 PM
# leprechaun economics
Ireland has made itself the laughing stock of the economic world, but does that matter?
Multinational tax avoidance has been brought back on the agenda.
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Jul 16th 2016, 7:00 AM
# OMGDP
The second best eurozone economy grew by 5% in 2015. Ireland's expanded by an insane 26%
A rise in multinational companies locating assets here likely helped drive the huge growth.
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Jul 12th 2016, 1:05 PM
# Trouble Brewing
These international problems could seriously wreck Ireland's economic plans
The Department of Finance is predicting big growth, but only if everything goes as it wants it to.
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Apr 27th 2016, 8:47 AM
# hello sunshine
There are few clouds on the horizon for the Irish economy right now
Growth has been ‘exceptionally strong’ so far this year, but jobs and wages haven’t caught up.
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Sep 10th 2015, 4:58 PM
# only way is up
Things are looking seriously rosy for the EU right now
Or for its economy at any rate. The union has outstripped growth in both the US and the UK for the start of 2015
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May 13th 2015, 12:39 PM
# Don't go
A British exit from the EU could spell disaster for the Irish economy
Could a ‘Brexit’ be even worse news for us than it is for them?
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Apr 15th 2015, 12:00 PM
# we're not partying
Saying jobs are only being created in Dublin is 'highly misleading'
One in four workers earn less than the living wage, new research has found.
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Mar 19th 2015, 5:45 PM
# Sucking diesel
The Irish economy went absolutely STELLAR in 2014
We’ve left the rest of the Eurozone for dust over the last 12 months
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Mar 12th 2015, 2:26 PM
# erase and rewind
Ireland's economy should soon be back where it started - except for all that debt
How about we start from scratch?
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Feb 2nd 2015, 5:03 PM
# Prime Numbers
Twink, Superquinn sausages, Irish Water, and punts: Ireland by numbers in 2014
How many pigs are in Ireland? How many people are paid minimum wage? So many questions…
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Dec 20th 2014, 7:30 PM
# Still Smiling
The economy 'flatlined' over the summer, but Michael Noonan's not worried
The country’s still on target to meet its Budget forecasts.
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Dec 11th 2014, 6:25 PM
# Getting Boomer
Ireland will have the largest economic growth in the EU in 2014 (and 2015 and 2016)
Hooray! Right?
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Nov 4th 2014, 11:27 AM
# No longer needed
The law allowing the government to cut public sector pay is being scrapped
The section that is being deleted allowed public service employers to take steps that would impact on non-core pay and working hours.
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Oct 29th 2014, 6:20 PM
# Noonanomics
Noonan: Economy will grow even more than we thought this year - but austerity isn't over
There’s more positive economic news out today.
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Sep 18th 2014, 6:31 PM
# Not so fast
Is the economy all that great? Accountants say maybe not
Almost one in four now think that the economy is stagnating.
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Aug 26th 2014, 1:17 PM
# Looking Up
Ulster Bank is feeling good about the economy - and predicting 3.1% growth this year
The bank is predicting a broader based recovery, with jobs outside Dublin on the cards.
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Aug 25th 2014, 11:04 AM
# Here come the good times
No more austerity needed to hit Budget target, says Goodbody - and we could even cut income tax
The latest quarterly report from Goodbody Stockbrokers has some positive points on the Irish economy.
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Aug 20th 2014, 8:11 AM
# sluggish
This morning, major European economies hit the slow lane. Here's what it means.
Germany and France both posted negative results, with pressure now on Mario Draghi to act.
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Aug 14th 2014, 11:29 AM
# Life in the fast lane
"Exceptional" performance makes Ireland "the fastest-growing economy in Europe"
Davy is also calling for a budget adjustment of €500 million.
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Aug 13th 2014, 11:38 AM
# It Gets Better
Government deficit drops to 5.6% of GDP
That’s down from 7.9% this time last year.
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Jul 29th 2014, 5:29 PM
# Looking Up
Central Bank revises GDP forecast upwards
They also revised upwards last year’s figures.
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Jul 28th 2014, 11:58 AM
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