Is Austerity Set to Return to Ireland?

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The world is in the grip of a severe economic crisis. What the IMF now refers to as “The Great Lockdown” is leading to a global recession more severe than at any time since The Great Depression. While Ireland has so far avoided the worse of the tragic scenes that the pandemic has wrought upon some, it is clear that the country will not escape the economic fallout.