HeyJaredJohn FitzGerald
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John FitzGerald: How can we get the measure of an Irish economy that defies conventional metrics? (opens the original)
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In the 1970s, as a junior official in the Department of Finance working on economic forecasting, I learned about the complexity of measuring Irish output and income, and related economic growth. A meeting with the Central Statistics Office in 1973, concerning a tricky national accounting issue, taught me that in the real world there was a need for suitable accounting compromises to reflect the underlying reality of what was really happening in the Irish economy. The State-owned Irish Shipping co
Quality public childcare and dependable dads key to boosting fertility rates (opens the original)
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Fifty years ago, people worried that the worldâs population was rising at an unsustainable rate. Chinaâs one-child policy was the most extreme response. Todayâs concerns are different â are societies producing enough babies to be sustainable? In developed economies, the number of children born to each woman has been falling for decades, and this trend is now widespread across most of the world. By 2100, the worldâs population will be significantly lower than it is today. Irelandâs fe
John FitzGerald: My wife was sceptical, but retrofitting our 1970s semi with a heat pump was a smart move (opens the original)
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The recent Climate Change Advisory Council report shows that, up to 2025, emissions of greenhouse gases from the built environment were in line with its carbon budget. However, the report also highlights how we will miss the 2030 target unless current delivery moves up a gear. On the plus side, there has been steady progress in ramping up the number of homes being retrofitted to at least B2 energy ratings. The number of electric heat pumps installed last year increased by 21 per cent. Ireland is
The Irish emigrant journey now: Graduate from college, spend 10 years abroad, move home (opens the original)
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As a child growing up in Booterstown, south Dublin, I was vaguely aware my grandparents on my fatherâs side had been involved in the 1916 Rising. In fact, both were in the GPO that Easter Monday. As a result, in the 1950s when people called to the door selling poppies for Remembrance Day I can remember my fatherâs surprise that my maternal grandmother, who lived with us, bought one. It was only during Covid, when I researched my ancestry on my motherâs side, that I came to understand why.
Government sums leave little scope for tax cuts in Budget 2027 (opens the original)
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The Department of Financeâs Summer Economic Statement was, in a sense, boring. This is not necessarily a bad thing as it meant there were no unpleasant surprises. However, it is only the opening salvo in the run-up to the budget and, if the rumours are to be believed, things may get more exciting, with unwise fiscal initiatives being canvassed. The Governmentâs commitment to continued public investment, along with measures to speed up delivery, are to be commended. This will lay the foundati
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