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# Think Tank

2018 could see us facing a 'big unexpected crisis' equivalent to the 2008 financial recession

The New York based company says the world is closer to a ‘geopolitical depression’ than to a return to stability.

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Jan 6th 2018, 7:30 AM

# Think Tank

30-minute halves? Playing free-kicks to yourself? Radical football reforms proposed

Penalty kicks could also be changed if suggestions are passed by the game’s lawmakers.

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Jun 17th 2017, 7:55 PM

# Awkward

The OECD apologises for St Patrick's Day tweet about alcohol abuse

Ouch.

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Mar 17th 2016, 5:13 PM

# Austerity

Government needs to press ahead with €3.1 billion Budget adjustment, ESRI says

The think tank says the package is the best course of action, whatever happens in the economy.

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Jul 10th 2013, 7:37 AM

# ESRI

ESRI report on economy is 'a waste of paper'

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald has heavily criticised the national think tank’s latest economic report.

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Sep 21st 2012, 9:54 PM

# welfare or work

Many would be better off on the dole rather than working, says ESRI

15 per cent of people without children and 44 per cent of people with children would be better off not working given the high costs involved.

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Jun 12th 2012, 11:38 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: OECD calls for dole to be cut; Sellafield to be stress-tested by the EU; and why Cheryl Cole was dropped from the US X Factor.

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May 26th 2011, 8:19 AM