Ireland has been marketed as the poster boy of EU austerity. EU elites and neoliberal commentators claim that the …Ireland has been marketed as the poster boy of EU austerity. EU elites and neoliberal commentators claim that the …

The international economic crisis hit Ireland hard from 2007 on. Ireland’s membership of the Euro had a significant … which Ireland experienced the crisis. The prior configuration of domestic policy choices, the structure of decision … crisis. Indeed, this paper argues that Ireland has had to manage not one economic crisis but three – financial, fiscal, and …