The Irish economy’s recovery from the global financial crisis (GFC) has been strik
ing with both economic output and the labour market registering significant increases
in activity since 2013. This resurgence in performance followed the sharp decline
witnessed in the economy during the period 2008- 2012. Furthermore, it drew com
parisons with the earlier growth observed during the “Celtic tiger” period. However,
the recovery in the economy has coincided with acknowledged deficits in both social
and physical infrastructure. A legacy of the post GFC crash has been a fall-off in
investment rates in the Irish economy. This comes at a time when there has been
an unexpected increase in recent population levels. We use a standard Solow growth
model framework to decompose the past performance of the Irish economy over the
period 1995- 2023. We then parameterise the model to generate long-run forecasts
for the domestic economy under a baseline and alternative scenarios related to pop
ulation growth and rates of investment. The paper finds that increasing investment
rates, even to rates below those at the peak of the Celtic Tiger era, would result in
output growth increasing by up to 0.9 per cent per annum above the baseline rate.

This paper considers the potential impacts of changing the burden of proof for determination
of death by suicide in Ireland. It reviews origins of the burden of proof standards for suicide, considers
evidence and pathways of impact, and then estimates the potential impact empirically using a
difference-in-difference (DiD) approach which exploits the quasi-experimental nature of the change in
policy in England and Wales versus Ireland. Findings suggest estimated increases of about 8-20% in
deaths attributed to suicide due to the change which would make suicide the leading cause of death for
a number of age and gender groups

This paper adds to our understanding of the sectoral interlinkages in the Irish economy and
how it relates to the wider EU economy. While the Irish economy is highly concentrated on a
GVA basis, it is much less concentrated on the basis of employment and input-output
interdependencies. Except for GVA, this level of concentration has not changed much over
time. The MNE and domestic sectors each account for close to half of economic output. Their
activity is very different but there is still a sizeable interlinkage between them. We also
examine the interlinkages of the EU economy. Increasing European strategic autonomy would
require greater manufacturing output. Our model suggest that central and eastern member
states would benefit most from doing so, relative to their size. Ireland would benefit seventh
least. Splitting the Irish economy in two, we find the MNE sector would benefit more than the
EU average while the domestic sector is amongst those to benefit least.