Patrick Honohan

Ireland surfed the wave of globalisation as long as we could. Here’s what we should do next

Donald Trump certainly poses a threat to the Irish economy but there is much the State can do to safeguard our economic welfare

Sun Dec 15 2024 - 07:03

Patrick Honohan: Ireland’s tax system might have been inspired by Alice Through the Looking Glass

What may have seemed a pragmatic way of simplifying tax assessment for Apple in the early days was leveraged into a huge tax-avoidance scheme

Sun Sept 22 2024 - 07:00

NTMA spends €37bn mopping up legacy of notorious IBRC promissory notes

State keen to close the door on the last of the debt used to prop up Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide whose failure triggered the financial crisis

Fri Jul 07 2023 - 15:32

Is the housing market about to turn?

There are signs globally that the Covid-induced surge in prices is abating

Thu Apr 28 2022 - 05:14

Cliff Taylor: Why is the State giving €200 to people with bulging bank accounts?

Idea State can protect us all from inflation is dangerous fallacy

Sat Feb 12 2022 - 02:00

Fintan Drury: Brian Cowen put country first, party second

The former taoiseach's friend and adviser on Cowen’s troubled final years in politics

Sat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00

Are Central Bank mortgage rules containing home prices or fuelling crisis?

Lack of supply and undeveloped rental market key factors in house price growth

Fri Sept 24 2021 - 05:45

The pricey isle? How standard of living in Ireland compares with EU

Smart Money: Headline GDP figures suggest that Irish people are well-off but are we?

Thu Jun 24 2021 - 11:53

Ireland ranks 13th in EU living standards survey

Figures focus solely on consumption and excludes multinational accounting which inflates Irish GDP

Mon Jun 21 2021 - 13:34

The Irish Times view on turmoil at Davy: symptoms of a toxic culture

The lack of introspection at the stockbroker is of a piece with other scandals in Irish finance

Fri Mar 12 2021 - 20:00

We’re not as rich as we have been told to think we are

Patrick Honohan shows how GDP inflates the value of Ireland’s economy

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 17:30

EU rankings wrong on Irish prosperity, says ex-Central Bank chief

Irish economy ranks between eighth and 12th in EU, says Patrick Honohan

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 12:30

Lockdown restrictions cast shadow over economic outlook

Disaster of no-deal Brexit for the food and drink sector has been averted

Fri Jan 08 2021 - 09:59

Chris Johns: Economies may enjoy ‘roaring twenties’

Pandemic has prompted a fundamental rethink of the fiscal rules

Sun Nov 29 2020 - 14:40

There was no vaccine for Anglo: Why the last crisis was different

Then and now: 10 years after an Irish government lost our economic sovereignty

Sat Nov 28 2020 - 01:00

Why Irish households are not, after all, among the best off in the EU

Smart Money: Headline data shows we are better off than our neighbours – but it is wrong

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 11:05

Government must hold its nerve on borrowing as it reboots economy

Merits of appeals from businesses for funds will need to be scrutinised closely

Sat Jul 11 2020 - 05:00

UK’s pandemic package could be a pointer to Ireland’s own stimulus plans

What both governments’ schemes have in common is that not everybody will be happy

Thu Jul 09 2020 - 06:16

Honohan urges Government to keep up spending once health crisis subsides

Expenditure needed to soften economic hit, says former Central Bank governor

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 20:49

Cold water poured on idea of ‘helicopter money’

Former Central Bank governor Honohan says free money from ECB is non-runner

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 05:46

Fintan O'Toole: Crisis management is what the State does best

Immense task of reconstruction will demand much more than frantic improvisation

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 05:00

Chopra warns coronavirus will have ‘deeper’ impact than financial crisis

Former IMF official says there may need to be ‘standstill on private debt repayments’

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 17:07

Coronavirus: Three things Government must do to save the economy

After crisis passes, there will be very limited resources to carry out pre-election promises

Fri Mar 20 2020 - 03:45

Patrick Honohan: Coronavirus is no excuse for repeating errors of financial crisis

In 2010, EU policymakers hesitated – with Covid-19, they must act decisively

Wed Mar 18 2020 - 05:20

2019 sees Brexit deliver new banking giant as domestic lenders quiver

Tracker scandal rumbles on as domestic banks move to sell off problem mortgage portfolios

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 05:24

Dishevelled Boris Johnson returns to face Commons rebellion

Business Week: also in the news was Budget 2020; ECB stimulus; and the Bernard Shaw

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 08:30

Donohoe listening to Honohan’s warning on corporation tax

Ex-Central Bank chief cautions that billions could disappear like a ‘supernova explosion’

Sun Sept 08 2019 - 17:54

New Central Bank governor faces bulging in-tray on first day

Key ECB meeting on rates and stimulus looms

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 12:34

Central Bank Commission discussed containing Makhlouf fallout

Group overseeing bank discussed if controversy could leave new governor vulnerable

Fri Aug 02 2019 - 18:56

Labour wants appointment of Central Bank governor to be reconsidered

Howlin says Government is ‘whitewashing’ issues raised by New Zealand inquiry

Wed Jul 31 2019 - 17:30

Two Central Bank ex-chiefs raise concerns over appointment of new governor

Philip Lane and Patrick Honohan spoke to Government figures on Gabriel Makhlouf

Wed Jul 31 2019 - 07:41

ECB raised concerns over new Central Bank of Ireland boss

Gabriel Makhlouf’s succession to top post triggered direct contact by Frankfurt officials

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 07:18

‘Currency, Credit and Crisis’ by Patrick Honohan: a valuable insight into the Central Bank

Readers will find more policy and analysis than personal and political dramas

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00

Government kicks to touch as big decisions loom

Good intentions in relation to key areas such as housing are no substitute for decisions

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 06:00