Property Summit: Government must cool down economy, leading economist warns

The government must "take steam out of the economy" to prevent bottlenecks emerging, a leading economist has told the Sunday Business Post Commercial Property Summit.

Goodbodychief economist Dermot O’Leary said that the economy is “getting to the point of full capacity” and called on ministers to act, but warned that doing so would be difficult in the current political environment.

O'Leary said: "My main concern on the domestic side is actually on the ...