Robert Shortt

Economics Correspondent with @rtenews (Irish radio & television). Views my own.

[Irish Fiscal Advisory Council @fiscalcouncil]

1/9 The Fiscal Council's latest report assesses the Government’s plans for Budget 2025. In it, we warn that the Government is adding more pressure to an economy posting record jobs numbers by continuing to breach its tax-and-spend rule.

[Irish Energy Bot by Green Collective @IrishEnergyBot]

4 (FOUR) months of record solar generation in a row: after reviewing more data and trying our best to debug inconsistencies between different sources, we're happy to report July set a new All-Island solar generation record of 125GWh (111GWh in IE, also a record, and 14GWh in NI).

[John O’Brien @jlpobrien]

Annual population change in the Republic of Ireland since 1841. The estimated increase of +98,700 in 2024 (year to April) is the 4th highest since the Famine. https://t.co/hzBGzOK9CO

[John O’Brien @jlpobrien]

Number of people employed in the Republic of Ireland by sector since 1881. A record total of 2.75 million was estimated in Q2 2024. https://t.co/367syDA9Za

[Michael McMahon @mcmahonecon]

Delighted to welcome (back) @seamuscoffey who will tomorrow take over as the Chair of @fiscalcouncil.

I have served as acting Chair since July 2023 but always committed to stepping down once we completed some reforms to the Chair role.

https://t.co/xH37hcLnqI

[Central Statistics Office Ireland @CSOIreland]

Just five enterprises exported 44% of the total value of goods in 2022

https://t.co/6ZOkEKf7Yp

#CSOIreland #Ireland #Trade #IrishTrade #Exports #Imports #Businessstatistics #IrishBusiness #BusinessNews

[Robert Shortt @RobertShortt]

@blairvhoran @RMcGreevy1301 And lying on a slab of black Kilkenny marble.

[Glendalough PhotoPost @UpperLakePhoto]

Tuesday 16th April 2024, 8:18am

[Robert Shortt @RobertShortt]

The journalist John Pilger has died: https://t.co/7o1zrjKtk4

[Tom Nuttall @tom_nuttall]

Delors and Schäuble going on the same day is extraordinary - two of the towering figures of postwar European union

[Christine Lagarde @Lagarde]

With the passing of Jacques #Delors, Europe has lost a true statesman.

His achievements were numerous, including leading the creation of Europe’s single market and the path he laid out towards our single currency, the euro.

Rest in peace.

[Eric Luke @EricLuke2]

I dug out this photograph from my personal archive, taken a few years ago, when snow covered Dalkey Island and the goats came out to play. An ideal backdrop to wish everyone here a happy and peaceful Christmas 📷🎄

[Simon Ward @youngsiward]

Irish Baseload Prices averaging €17/MWh for tomorrow, that's the lowest daily price since May 2020 ⚡️ @Paulkenny79 @EamonRyan

[Robert Shortt @RobertShortt]

Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Solow dies https://t.co/bnCANXHP0r via @ft

[Barra Best @barrabest]

Very rare ‘rainbow clouds’ spotted over County Down this morning. Often referred to as ‘mother of pearl’, the nacreous cloud is rarely spotted over Ireland.

[Robert Shortt @RobertShortt]

'Too early to declare victory over inflation' - @ecb Philip Lane at the @ESRIDublin today https://t.co/kOgxHidTcd via @rte

[Robert Shortt @RobertShortt]

@ecb Philip Lane tells @ESRIDublin it’s too early to declare victory in any way on inflation. @rtenews

[Robert Shortt @RobertShortt]

⁦@ecb⁩ Philip Lane starting his speech at ⁦@ESRIDublin⁩ more on ⁦@rtenews⁩ later

[Vincent Kearney @vincekearney]

Govt takes case against UK over NI Legacy Bill via @RTENews https://t.co/orJYFiLXC3

[Holger Zschaepitz @Schuldensuehner]

10y German Bund yields have dropped <2% for 1st time since Dec 2022.