With Northern Ireland’s annual medicine costs moving towards £1bn, Professor Sharon Haughey explained the growing cost of ...

Ireland was outperforming Northern Ireland in most areas, including living standards, new Economic and Social Research Institute research found.

The all-time high cost of £827m is up by £235m since 2014 and attributed to the complex needs of an ageing population and ...

The Republic of Ireland has higher wages, stronger economic growth and better living standards than Northern Ireland, a new ...

The gap in economic performance and well-being indicators between Ireland and Northern Ireland is widening, a report has found.

In Ireland, household disposable income is 18.3% higher than in Northern Ireland, with this gap widening over time ...

Ireland has experienced stronger economic growth than its Northern counterpart, with citizens earning more and having higher living standards, analysis from ESRI has found. Household disposable income ...

Workers in the Republic pay twice as much tax as those in Northern Ireland, but they are still better off, according to major ...

Household disposable incomes in Northern Ireland are lower than in the Republic of Ireland, a study has suggested. A report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Department of ...

The gap in economic performance and well-being indicators between the north and south of the border is widening, a report has ...