Data-driven analysis
for decision-makers

Ireland’s Entrepreneur Relief and Retirement Relief reward disposal, not scaling. Drawing on the Department of Finance’s 2023 CBA, the Indecon 2019 review and Revenue 2023 statistics, the article proposes five redirected instruments that engage the founder’s personal de‑risking during the active build years.

Irish-owned SMEs, medium-sized firms and the domestic mid-market in a dual economy – validated against CSO, Enterprise Ireland and European Commission sources.

System-level analysis of IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Údarás and LEOs – what agency data shows about employment, grants and value creation.

CSO ownership data reveals three distinct economic models operating side by side – an indigenous SME ecosystem, a foreign manufacturing platform, and a concentrated tech hub.

Employment and earnings by enterprise ownership nationality – the ownership lens on Ireland’s two-speed economy and the growing US wage footprint.

How many people work in engineering in Ireland, and what counts? Comparing Eurostat and Royal Academy of Engineering estimates.

A guide to the indicators that should be on every Irish business strategist’s monthly dashboard. Eight years of verified Manufacturing, Services and Construction PMI data; the Dublin vs Rest of Ireland regional split; the Credit Union Consumer Sentiment counterpoint; and how to read them as a set.

Full-year USITC data: product categories, customs district routing and corporate drivers. What the 29% acceleration means for Ireland’s fiscal exposure.

How Ireland’s goods exports to the US transformed structurally from 1989 to 2025 – the pharmaceutical concentration story in long-run data.

25 years of ONS data (1999–2024) covering six economic eras, the Brexit supply chain shift, why the UK surplus is less straightforward than it looks, product composition, and trade across UK nations and regions.

A factual reference on the four legal routes that produce Ireland’s 27.5% non-Irish employee share – EU/EEA free movement, employment permits, Temporary Protection from Ukraine, and International Protection. Population proportions, sectoral concentration, earnings dispersion, and the two key data gaps in what the State publishes.

DETE employment permit data 2009–2025 reveals labour shortages, four economic eras, a falling refusal rate, and the sectors powering Ireland’s growth.

PPSN data by cohort and nationality – what administrative records reveal about how different migrant groups engage with Ireland’s labour market over time.

307,000 gross departures but only 40,900 increase in the Ireland-born Australian resident population – what the gap reveals about mobility versus permanent exit.

A data-centric view of 20th-century migration patterns – the Litvak chain migration cycle, the Liberties as a recurring arrival zone, and how Brazilians and Italians echo the same patterns.

CSO qualification data and NAO registration data combined – completions doubled to 2020, registrations surged to 9,352 by 2024, and female participation slowly climbs.

SIPRI, Eurostat COFOG and Budget Votes since the 1960s – the Troubles-era peak, the LOA2 commitment, and how Ireland compares with neutral EU peers.

Converting scattered regional media archives into a structured diagnostic tool for anchor-scale dereliction – where delivery is stalled and where feasibility has finally shifted to action.

Garret FitzGerald’s pre-Famine reconstruction placed beside Census 2022 – two centuries of contraction, continuity, and a fundamental shift in what it means to be an Irish speaker.

Aviation capacity estimates combined with ISTAT tourism statistics to map seasonality, gateway differences and travel purpose across the Ireland–Italy corridor.