‘We have a lot of eggs in few baskets’ - do positive trends conceal threats to our economy?

New ESRI report paints a healthy picture of the Irish economy for now

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Pharma is one of the sectors our economy is heavily reliant on.
Pharma is one of the sectors our economy is heavily reliant on.

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has published a new report on Ireland’s economic circumstances. Conor O’Toole, Associate Research Professor with the ESRI, joins Eoin Burke-Kennedy and Ciaran to talk about the report.

They discuss inflation, growth, the impact of inadequate housing supply and the problem of relying so heavily on a few major industrial sectors.

Plus: London correspondent Mark Paul reports on how the UK’s economic situation is evolving under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.