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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Ireland: Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation -- Contents -- BOXES -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- ANNEXES -- ACRONYMS -- FOCUSING ON THE MEDIUM TERM -- RECOVERY IS OFF TO A GOOD START -- 1. Contract Manufacturing and Trade Performance in 2014 -- 1. Real Sector and Inflation Indicators, 2006-15 -- 2. Household Finance and Housing Developments, 2003-15 -- 2. Risk Assessment Matrix -- BRIGHT PROSPECTS CLOUDED BY RISKS -- POLICIES FOR SUSTAINED RECOVERY -- A. Fiscal Policy -- B. Macro-financial Policies -- 3. Mortgage Regulation and First Time Buyers -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- 3. Credit Developments, 2003-15 -- 4. Competitiveness Indicators, 1996-2015 -- 5. Selected Trends in General Government Finances, 2007-18 -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, 2010-16 -- 2. Medium-Term Scenario, 2010-20 -- 3. General Government Statement of Operations, 2010-20 -- 4. Indicators of External and Financial Vulnerability, 2010-14 -- 5. Summary of Balance of Payments, 2010-20 -- 6. Monetary Survey, 2010-14 -- 7. Indicators of Fund Credit, 2010-23 -- I. External Balance and Competitiveness Assessment -- II. Debt Sustainability Analysis -- Contents -- Ireland: Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation-Informational Annex -- FUND RELATIONS -- STATISTICAL ISSUES -- Ireland: 2015 Article Iv Consultation-Supplementary Information -- IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with Ireland -- Footnotes -- Ireland: Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation -- IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with Ireland.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX REFORM: PAST AND PRESENT -- A. Introduction -- B. The Income Tax -- C. The Universal Social Charge -- D. Replacing the USC with a Re-calibrated Income Tax -- E. A More Substantial Reform Could Yield Additional Benefits -- F. Conclusions -- References -- FIGURES -- 1.Personal Income Taxes -- 2. Income Taxes -- 3. Personal Income Taxes -- 4. Income Tax Thresholds -- 5. Income Tax Credits -- 6. USC Effective Rates -- 7. The Role of USC -- 8. Effective Rates Comparison -- 9. Re-calibrated Income Tax -- 10. Marginal Effective Tax Rates -- 11. Effective Tax Rates -- ANNEX -- 1. Personal Income Tax Changes -- NON-BANK FINANCIAL SECTOR IN IRELAND: LINKAGES AND RISKS -- A. Introduction -- B. Description of the Funds and Vehicles Sector -- C. Linkages with the Domestic Economy -- D. Global Linkages -- E. Assessing the Resilience of the Funds and Vehicles Sector -- F. Conclusion -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Ireland's Financial Sector Assets -- 2. Composition of the Irish Non-bank Financial Sector -- 3. Financial Linkages with Irish Households -- 4. Value Added of the Financial Sector in Ireland -- 5. Financial Sector and BOP -- 6. Global Linkages -- 7. Probability of Distress -- 8. Liquidity and Maturity Mismatch in Irish Funds -- 9. Leverage in Irish Funds -- TABLE -- 1. Network Matrix (Gross Bilateral Positions).

KEY ISSUESThe Irish economy is in the early stages of recovering from an exceptionally severe banking crisis. Following a smooth exit from the EU-IMF supported program, strong job creation and other indicators suggest Ireland's economic recovery is broadening. Together with other European periphery countries, Ireland currently enjoys favorable financial market conditions. Nonetheless, important challenges remain, with unemployment still high, credit continuing to contract, and significant public and private balance sheet fragilities.Policies to help sustain the recovery and progressively reduc

Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT: A BROAD-BASED EXPANSION -- OUTLOOK AND RISKS -- FISCAL: ENSURING RESILIENCE -- FINANCIAL SECTOR: STAYING SAFE AND SOUND -- ADDRESSING KEY BOTTLENECKS TO GROWTH -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOXES -- 1. CIT Revenue at Risk -- 2. Expanding the Supply of Housing -- FIGURES -- 1. Recent Developments -- 2. Cyclical Position -- 3. Fiscal Developments -- 4. Credit Developments -- 5. House Prices and Rents -- 6. External Sector Developments -- 7. Fiscal Impulse -- 8. Medium-Term Fiscal Consolidation Relies on CIT Revenues at Risk -- 9. Income Taxes -- 10. Public Healthcare Expenditures -- 11. Public Debt and a Shock to CIT Revenues at Risk -- 12. VAT Revenues -- 13. Universal Social Charge -- 14. Financial Sector Assets -- 15. Banking Developments -- 16. Macroprudential Measures Effect -- 17. Ireland's Financial Assets -- 18. Probability of Distress -- 19. Liquidity and Maturity Mismatch in Irish Funds -- 20. Productivity and Skills -- 21. Gender Gap -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, 2016-24 -- 2. Statement of Operations of the General Government, 2016-24 -- 3. Summary of Balance of Payments, 2016-24 -- 4. Monetary Survey, 2013-2019 -- 5. Main Domestic Banks' Aggregated Summary Financial Statements, 2017Q3-2018Q4 -- ANNEXES -- I. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) -- II. External Stability Assessment -- III. How Would a No-Deal Brexit Affect Ireland's Economy? -- IV. Risk Assessment Matrix -- V. Progress Against IMF Recommendations -- CONTENTS -- FUND RELATIONS -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.

Cover -- Contents -- Glossary -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMF 2015 ROSC RECOMMENDATIONS -- A. The Observed Principles without Recommendations -- B. The Observed Principles with Recommendations -- C. The Largely Observed Principles -- D. The Partly Observed Principles -- FINANCIAL STABILITY OF THE INSURANCE SECTOR -- A. Market Structure and Activity -- B. Risks and Challenges -- C. Stress Testing -- D. Interlinkages and Spill-overs to the Financial Sector -- FIGURES -- 1. EU Comparison of Unit Linked Business proxied by Gross

Cover -- CONTENTS -- BUSINESS CYCLE IN IRELAND: ACCOUNTING FOR OPEN LABOR MARKET AND MULTINATIONALS -- A. Introduction -- B. Equilibrium in a Small Open Labor Market -- C. Potential Output of a Globally-Integrated Economy -- D. The Implied Business Cycle Position -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Labor Market -- 2. Weakened Cyclical Signals -- 3. Stochastic Trends -- 4. Unemployment Rates -- 5. Labor Market Gaps -- 6. Wage Growth Decomposition -- 7. GDP Growth Contributions -- 8. Potential Growth -- 9. Potential Growth Decomposition -- 10. Output Gap Estimates -- 11. Output Gap Decomposition -- TABLES -- 1. Trend and Cycle Estimation -- 2. Wage Phillips Curve Estimation -- 3. Structural Multivariate Filter -- THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TAX REFORMS ON IRELAND -- A. Introduction -- B. Foreign Investment in Ireland -- C. Ireland's CIT regime -- D. Corporation Tax Revenues -- E. The U.S. Tax Reform -- F. OECD/G-20 BEPS -- G. EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directives -- H. Digital Taxation -- I. CCCTB -- J. Conclusions and Policy implications -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Inbound and Outbound FDI Stocks and CIT Rate -- 2. FDI Stocks, 2016 -- 3. Foreign Direct Investment -- 4. Overall Statutory Rates -- 5. Corporation Tax Revenues -- 6. U.S. MNE's Fiscal Relevance in Selected Host Countries -- 7. Corporate Income Tax Performance, 2016 -- 8. Corporate Tax and Gross Operating Surplus, 2016 -- 9. Wages, 2016 -- 10. U.S. MNE's Affiliates-Value Added per Employee -- 11. U.S. MNE's Affiliates-Total Assets per Employee -- 12. Percentage Change in FDI Stock and CIT Revenue from U.S. Tax Reform -- 13. Irish Revenue Structure vs. OECD Europe, 2016 -- TABLES -- 1. Irish Affiliates of U.S. MNEs -- 2. Parameters for TCJA Impact Assessment -- ANNEX -- I. Tax-Minimizing Structures -- THE IRISH COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET: SYNCHRONIZATION AND THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL FACTORS.

This volume sets out to examine the history of Ireland in the years following the Dail's ratification of independence from Britain in 1922. The different authors in the collection, all experts on different aspects of Irish history from the first half of the twentieth century, focus on a wide range of different themes. Considerations of the decline of Redmondite nationalism, the role of Unionism in the Free State, Party structures and organisation, the development of different forms of identity, the nature of economics and the place of the newly independent Ireland within the British Empire are all included. All chapters are either the result of new archival research or else offer a sustained historiographical critique of current thinking.

This review of Ireland's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation. The analyses presented are supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data