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• World Economic Climate Continues to Cloud Over

  The Ifo Institute today released the results of its World Economic Survey (WES) for the 1st quarter 2016 (available here). The Ifo Index for the world economy dropped from 89.6 points to 87.

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• Access to high-speed broadband is no longer a luxury it is an economic necessity

  Last night RTE’s Prime Time debated whether there is a urban/rural divide in Ireland and how the various election candidates and prospective government parties propose to address such a divide. Our

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• Education and Skills are Key Election Issues for the Business Community

  Education and Skills are key issues in General Election 2016 for various reasons. From our perspective the concern is predominantly with the economic challenges Ireland faces due to the emergence of s

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• Competitiveness of Election Candidates Is Not the Only Competitiveness That Matters In Election 2016

  The issues determining the ability of Irish business to remain competitive are often out of the hands of business owners and managers. It is the responsibility of Government, its policies and actions

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• ‘Affordability, Quality and Accessibility’ – Why childcare is an important election issue

  This is a guest blog post written by Mark O’Mahoney, Director of Policy and Communications, Chambers Ireland. This morning I was part of the discussion panel at the launch of the Start Strong Early

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• Priorities for the Netherlands EU Council Presidency: what areas are important for business?

  This morning Chambers Ireland attended the European Movement Ireland briefing on the Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the EU. The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU membe

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• Attempts to tackle Zero Hours Contracts must not lead to unnecessary and restrictive changes to employment legislation

  Earlier this week, Chambers Ireland contributed to the public consultation by Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the recommendations in the UL report on Zero Hours Contrac

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• Focus on General Election 2016 – What can we expect from the next Government?

  Last week Chambers Ireland held a Forum with our Chamber Executives and five TDs from across the political spectrum to discuss priorities ahead of the next election. The forum provided for healthy deb

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• COP21 in Paris- A Historic Agreement

  On Saturday the 12th December, a deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C was agreed at the COP21 climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of intense ne

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• Ongoing reduction in Unemployment Figures must not lead to Complacency

  It is great to see the continued reduction in monthly unemployment figures released by the CSO today (3/11/2015). The month-on-month drop of 0.1% has led to a year-on-year drop of 1.3%. This further r

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