But the economy has had another strong year of growth, unemployment remains low and – perhaps most remarkably– IDA Ireland reported another record year of inward investment. In turn, this strong growth rate has supported tax receipts, with another record year for corporation tax and income tax also performing well. Housing is, of course, part of a wider problem of Ireland’s creaking infrastructure, where development has fallen well behind population growth. ****Improving Ireland’s infrastructure and building more houses are vital to Ireland’s longer-term economic outlook. This means that the economic and political prospects of the Coalition remain uncomfortably reliant on the profits of a few big US companies and decisions made in their boardrooms.

Source: The Irish Times December 28, 2025 20:47 UTC