The Irish economy has grown rapidly in recent years, how long can it continue?

Plus, does the Summer Economic Statement manage expectations?

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The Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath T.D. and Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
The Minister for Finance, Michael McGrath T.D. and Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, Paschal Donohoe T.D. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

On this week’s episode of Inside Business with Ciarán Hancock, Chief Economist at Davy, Conall MacCoille, explains why labour shortages and capacity pressures are putting the brakes on growth in some sectors here.

And Irish Times Economics Correspondent Eoin Burke-Kennedy runs through the headline details from both the exchequer receipts and the Summer Economic Statement.