Author: Philip Lane

The current international/official view of Ireland is to be found in

• the IMF press release on Friday, which is here.
• the FT editorial on Friday, which is here.

The broader European/global picture concerns Wolfgang Munchau and Christine Lagarde in these articles

• Munchau
• Lagarde

In the final part of the Irish Times series, Carol Newman writes on the services sector here.

The opening statement is here.

Eleanor Denny writes on Ireland’s energy situation in today’s contribution to the series on the Irish economy: you can read it here.

Tryggvi Thor Herbertsson writes on the Icelandic experience in this Irish Times article.