We examine the three interlinked Irish crises: the competitiveness, fiscal and banking crises, showing how all three combined to lay a lethal trap for Ireland. Starting from a point of economic balance, a series of poor government decisions led to the country once dubbed the Celtic tiger become...

The present study shows that LVT satisfies the set of main criteria for reforming existent system of property taxation in Ireland, including the following considerations of tax system efficiency: Improve macroeconomic stability and support economic growth with specific focus on higher...

Since the EU enlargement, European migration policies were characterised by a fundamental inconsistency: faced by changes in public opinion toward migrants, the majority of the EU Member States have chosen to restrict the mobility of European citizens despite the increasing economic returns to...

In recent months, the Irish corporate tax regime has featured prominently in international tax policy debates, especially within the context of European tax reforms, high-profile corporate earnings reports and multinational investment flows changes.As financial repression sweeps across the OECD...

We present a review of the Irish banking collapse, detailing its origins in a confluence of events. We suggest that the very concentrated nature of the Irish banking sector which will emerge from the policy decisions taken as a consequence of the collapse runs a risk of a second crisis. We...