The Overview of The Intended Scheme Last Tuesday, 29th March 2022, the Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, announced the unveiling of the first pension auto-enrolment scheme in Ireland with a target roll out date of Q1 2024. It is estimated that this scheme will cost the State almost €3 …
Like all of you, we continue to be shocked by Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine and my thoughts are with those whose lives have been so grossly affected. Indeed, the international public response across Europe to assist those caught up in this conflict has been extremely heartening but much more …
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the last week has consumed traditional media and social media. This is as it should be considering the nature of the events and the clearly terrible consequences that it is having on the Ukrainian people themselves. From the broader perspective these events effect the world …
“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” Some weeks ago we mentioned the dilemma that politicians worldwide faced on when and how to open up their economies. Those of you reading this update that are old enough to remember this song from The Clash in 1982 might also remember the …
The virus persists Boris Johnston has returned to work this morning and on first glance appears to be a far slimmer version of himself from a few weeks ago, evidence, if it was ever needed, of the severity of the personal impact of Covid-19. As at the time of writing …
What is R0 and why is it important? R0 is a statistical representation that epidemiologists use to describe how an infectious disease spreads through a population. Put simply, the average sick person, in a totally receptive population, must be able to get at least one other person sick (R0 = …
Escaping from the Lockdown In the context of global health and economic history, I can see that the Covid-19 lockdown economic impact was initially viewed as a short term problem, albeit one with serious ramifications. The realisation of growing infection and mortality rates has taken hold on political leaders. We …
Some Perspective On The Medical Issues While daily updates in infection and mortality statistics of the virus relay its spread and impact, it is also a record of a global failure in disease control by way of alertness and population monitoring. The official one million mark of cases infected is …
What’s Happened on Markets in the Last Week? The Roller Coaster continued and on foot of the governmental stimulus packages. The expected sign off by President Trump of the US package meant markets recovered some of its falls. Despite this individual stock markets are still significantly down on their opening …
The Past Week In Markets & Protective Action Against Covid-19 A few weeks ago global stockmarkets were at record highs, supported by data on the US economy which indicated continued growth ahead. But as Covid-19 made its way to Europe and the US, markets turned quickly into the fastest declines …
