ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary - good news or bad?

Jack Horgan-Jones assesses what today's report actually means for Ireland

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There are a couple of ways of looking at this morning’s Quarterly Economic Commentary from the ESRI.

The first won’t ruin your day, so let’s get through it quickly.

One reading is that Ireland is recovering strongly and robustly; our big recovery play on the multinational sector and associated exports has worked a dream; our main trading partners in Europe, Britain and the US continue to grow despite political shocks; people are going ...