Delighted to have had the opportunity to act as Rapporteur at yesterdays National Economic Dialogue. Fascinating discussion on digitalisation, chaired by Minister's Peter Burke and Patrick O'Donovan. Many thanks for the invitation.

Delighted to see this article with my Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) colleagues Paul Egan and Conor O'Toole now available online: A detailed examination of Irish house prices 1995 - 2019 using COSMO - the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) macroeconometric model.

authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S10…

🎉 Today is the day – the start of Blockchain Ireland Week 2024 and the CHAISE National Information Day for Ireland 🎉

⏰ CHAISE booth at exhibitor hall, 28-29 May 2024
🗓 CHAISE panel, 29 May 2024, 15:35-16:15

Learn more about the event here ⬇️
chaise-blockchainskills.eu/chaise-nationa…

💻 WEBINAR | Join us online for the launch of a new report exploring the social worlds of 13 year olds.

Speakers include Alan Barrett (ESRI), Kevin McCarthy (@DCEDIY) & Emer Smyth (ESRI).

📅 Tuesday 28 May 2024
⌚ 11:00 – 12:15
📍 Online

Register here: esri.ie/events/the-soc…

We'll be discussing this new Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) report at a webinar later this morning - 11am, details on ESRI website. Speakers include Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, Youth Sec Gen Kevin McCarthy report author Emer Smyth and, most importantly, two teenagers.

irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

Agathe Simon of Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) presenting on different methods of adjusting poverty estimate to account for the high costs burdens faced by people with disabilities in Ireland

On May 30th, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) launch their new report 'Housing, health and happiness: How inadequate housing shapes child and parental wellbeing.' The research was supported by The Housing Agency Research Support Programme. esri.ie/events/housing…

1/6 New Eurobarometer data out on attitudes to immigration in Ireland. Not much change in attitudes but feeling immigration one of biggest issues facing Ireland now at highest ever level. A 🧵on updates. Full credit to James Laurence for charts (updated from esri.ie/system/files/p…)

“Trust in the screening system was significantly lower in Ireland than Scotland, indicating that the CervicalCheck controversy negatively impacted trust in screening.”

💡 Read the key findings: esri.ie/publications/t…

📰 Read coverage in the The Irish Times:
irishtimes.com/health/2024/05…

Delighted to hear the Community Foundation Ireland funded work by Barra Roantree and I discussed by former UK PM Gordon Brown in his address to the Child Poverty and Well-being Summit today.

We estimate that a second tier of child benefit could lift 40,000 children out of poverty. Full text 👇

Interesting discussion in this mornings committee on our report on intergenerational education mobility which was published last year by ARINS Project. Link: muse.jhu.edu/article/884143 Podcast: ria.ie/news/arins-ana…

This morning, ESRI researchers Prof seamus mcguinness and Dr Adele Bergin addressed the Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement.

🗨️Read their Opening Statement:
esri.ie/news/esri-rese…