Executive Summary Research Note 2012/3/1: Trends in Irish Exports, David Duffy and Eddie Casey Research Bulletin 2012/3/1: What do We Know about Special Educational Needs? Evidence from Growing Up in Ireland, Joanne Banks and Selina McCoy Special Article: Measuring Fiscal Stance, Ide Kearney

Research Note 2012/2/1: Unit Labour Costs in Irish Manufacturing, Eddie Casey Research Note 2012/2/2: The Savings Rate during the Recession, Joe Durkan and Niall O'Hanlon Research Note 2012/2/3: The Impact of Recession on Migration: A Preliminary Analysis of Census 2011, Pete Lunn Special...

Although Ireland has done much already to reduce its government deficit, the scale of the fiscal adjustment required means that there is still some distance to go. In international terms, Ireland's fiscal consolidation will ultimately prove to be one of the largest recorded in the Organisation...

The financial crisis has brought to the fore concerns regarding small- and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) capacity to access traditional bank lending. Using European firm-level data on SME access to finance since the onset of the financial crisis, we find that bank-lending constrained SMEs are...

Research Bulletin 2011/2/1: The Macro-economic Impact of Changing the Rate of Corporation Tax, by Thomas Conefrey and John Fitz Gerald Research Bulletin 2011/2/2: The Banking Sector and Recovery in the EU Economy, by Ray Barrell, Tatiana Fic, John FitzGerald, Ali Orazgani and Rachel Whitworth...