According to Goodbody Stockbrokers, Ireland is on course to be the fastest-growing economy in the euro area in 2015. The brokerage is forecasting growth of 4 per cent in GDP terms this year, following an expected expansion of 5 per cent last year. In its latest economic health check report, however, it warned that...
Ireland’s economic fortunes over the past decade or so have seldom been far from international headlines. The so-called celtic tiger years of unprecedented growth were followed by a spectacular economic collapse that led to the Irish Government requesting financial assistance from the European Commission , the European Central Bank and the IMF, collectively called...