Central Bank Q4 Bulletin

The latest quarterly bulletin from the Central Bank is available here.

Swift’s Economics

Organised by St Patrick’s Cathedral, there will be a symposium on the economics contribution of Jonathan Swift on October 16th: more details here.

The Annual Service in commemoration of Swift is on Sunday 17th October at 15.15, at which Dr. Don Thornhill (Chairman of the Competitiveness Council  etc) will give an address.

More on Ireland from the FT

There is a long analysis piece by David Gardner and John Murray Brown: you can read it here.

Wolfgang Munchau is gloomy about Ireland in this article.

The Economist on Ireland

The Economist’s reflections on today’s announcements are to be found here.

Banking Statement by Minister of Finance

The statement by Brian Lenihan is here.