Does social media reflect meaningful political competition over foreign policy? If so, what relationships can it reveal, and what are the limitations of its usage as data for scholars? These questions are of interest to both scholars and policymakers alike, as social media, and the data derived...

This article compares the financial balance sheet of Irish households with those of fifteen other European countries.

The ease with which debt can be run up on credit cards makes trends in credit card borrowing of particular interest.

Strong credit growth since the mid-1990s has resulted in a near doubling of Ireland’s private-sector credit to Gross Domestic Product ratio.

This article examines how the changing economic environment influenced households’ portfolio composition of assets and liabilities over the past seven years.

This article provides a brief overview of the Irish pound’s origins, before looking in more detail at the questioning of the sterling link and events leading up to Ireland joining the EMS.