@RobertShortt

Economics Correspondent with @rtenews (Irish radio & television). Views my own.

 Dublin
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Joined February 2010
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1/9 The Fiscal Council's latest report assesses the Government’s plans for Budget 2025. In it, we warn that the Government is adding more pressure to an economy posting record jobs numbers by continuing to breach its tax-and-spend rule.
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4 (FOUR) months of record solar generation in a row: after reviewing more data and trying our best to debug inconsistencies between different sources, we're happy to report July set a new All-Island solar generation record of 125GWh (111GWh in IE, also a record, and 14GWh in NI).
Irish Energy Bot by Green Collective@IrishEnergyBot28 Aug 2024
BTS: why we believe you can trust our data... Chart 1: Eirgrid's solar numbers oscillated wildly this summer vs. SEMO's market data Chart 2: Adjusted for what we suspect occurred, our numbers, covering all solar farms, are consistently ~10% higher than SEMO, as expected 📈🧪🎯
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John O’Brien@jlpobrien27 Aug 2024
Annual population change in the Republic of Ireland since 1841. The estimated increase of +98,700 in 2024 (year to April) is the 4th highest since the Famine. cso.ie/en/releasesandpublica…
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John O’Brien@jlpobrien22 Aug 2024
Number of people employed in the Republic of Ireland by sector since 1881. A record total of 2.75 million was estimated in Q2 2024. cso.ie/en/releasesandpublica…
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Delighted to welcome (back) @seamuscoffey who will tomorrow take over as the Chair of @fiscalcouncil. I have served as acting Chair since July 2023 but always committed to stepping down once we completed some reforms to the Chair role. gov.ie/en/press-release/5f85…

Minister Chambers appoints Mr Seamus Coffey as Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Minister Chambers appointments Mr Seamus Coffey as Chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

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Just five enterprises exported 44% of the total value of goods in 2022 cso.ie/en/releasesandpublica… #CSOIreland #Ireland #Trade #IrishTrade #Exports #Imports #Businessstatistics #IrishBusiness #BusinessNews
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The journalist John Pilger has died: bbc.com/news/world-australia…

John Pilger: Campaigning Australian journalist dies

Also a filmmaker, he was a vocal critic of Western foreign policy throughout his career.

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Tom Nuttall@tom_nuttall27 Dec 2023
Delors and Schäuble going on the same day is extraordinary - two of the towering figures of postwar European union
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Christine Lagarde
@Lagarde27 Dec 2023
With the passing of Jacques #Delors, Europe has lost a true statesman. His achievements were numerous, including leading the creation of Europe’s single market and the path he laid out towards our single currency, the euro. Rest in peace.
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Eric Luke
@EricLuke222 Dec 2023
I dug out this photograph from my personal archive, taken a few years ago, when snow covered Dalkey Island and the goats came out to play. An ideal backdrop to wish everyone here a happy and peaceful Christmas 📷🎄
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Simon Ward@youngsiward23 Dec 2023
Irish Baseload Prices averaging €17/MWh for tomorrow, that's the lowest daily price since May 2020 ⚡️ @Paulkenny79 @EamonRyan
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Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Solow dies ft.com/content/4327d163-2037… via @ft

Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Solow dies

American scholar became famous for his work on growth theory in the 1950s

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Barra Best
@barrabest21 Dec 2023
Very rare ‘rainbow clouds’ spotted over County Down this morning. Often referred to as ‘mother of pearl’, the nacreous cloud is rarely spotted over Ireland.
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'Too early to declare victory over inflation' - @ecb Philip Lane at the @ESRIDublin today rte.ie/news/business/2023/12… via @rte

'Too early to declare victory over inflation' - Lane

The chief economist of the European Central Bank, Philip Lane, has said it's too early to declare victory 'in any way' over inflation and that he expects headline inflation to temporarily increase...

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⁦@ecb⁩ Philip Lane starting his speech at ⁦@ESRIDublin⁩ more on ⁦@rtenews⁩ later
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Govt takes case against UK over NI Legacy Bill via @RTENews rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/122…

Case by Govt over NI Legacy Act 'unnecessary'

The UK government has said that it "profoundly regrets" a decision by the Government to legally challenge the Northern Ireland Legacy Act.

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10y German Bund yields have dropped <2% for 1st time since Dec 2022.
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Germany. Gulp:
Isabella M Weber
@IsabellaMWeber15 Dec 2023
Germans have experienced a dramatic decline in real wages. The government just added an austerity program in response to the budget crisis. The country is on track for a deep recession while the far right AfD has overtaken all governing parties in the polls.
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They’ve gone and done it. The ⁦@IMFNews⁩ confirms the outlook for the economy is a ‘soft landing.’ Even if it’s correct, I don’t expect this accolade to catch on. imf.org/en/Publications/CR/I…

Ireland: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

This 2023 Article IV Consultation highlights that Ireland’s economy has shown remarkable resilience in the face of consecutive shocks. The Irish economy has displayed remarkable resilience in the...

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