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Lessons for Ireland from the Celtic Tiger

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  • Paul Sweeney

    (Progressive Economy, TASC, Ireland)

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This paper expands on a presentation made at the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy on 4th December 2025 at a seminar entitled ‘Lessons from the Celtic Tiger: What next for Ireland’s Economic Model?’. It represents the author’s unique perspective on the key factors that drove Ireland’s historic Celtic Tiger success, which saw employment double from 1.1 million people in 1987 to 2.2 million by 2007. These drivers include factors that are well rehearsed, such as low corporation tax and the investment of EU structural funds, but they also include a range of other factors that are overlooked in other analysis, such as the role of Social Partnership, education, demographics, communications and transport change, sound fiscal policy, state agencies and commercial state enterprises. Lessons from this analysis are applied to Ireland’s contemporary economic challenges.

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  • Paul Sweeney, 2025. "Lessons for Ireland from the Celtic Tiger," Working Papers 202509, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucd:wpaper:202509
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