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Appraisal of the Irish Economy 2010

Gráinne Lynch — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:04:27 +0000

In the first half of the decade 2000 – 2010 the Irish economy grew at an annual average rate of 5.4%. The Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) produced their ‘Middle Term Review 2005 – 2012’ in December 2005 in which they made predictions for the Irish economy out to 2012. These predictions, for the most part, were positive. Circumstances, however, changed in the second half of the decade and things went terribly wrong, with the foundations for much of the economic disaster being laid in the first half of the decade.

This Appraisal attempts to capture the developments of the time through:

A review of the ESRI study ‘Medium Term Review 2005 – 2012’, as well as using references from ‘The Pope’s Children’ and published articles from David McWilliams, a popular author and journalist who, at the time, antagonised Government officials by his incessant warnings of the consequences of their expansionist policies;
A brief review of the actual economic outcomes in Ireland using economic data;
Reviews of some of the international literature that followed the bursting of the Supper Bubble that triggered the economic crisis in 2008.

You can download the appraisal from here Appraisal of Irish Economy_NECL_June’10

PROPS Riga Breakout Session Report

Gráinne Lynch — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:06:23 +0000

The purpose of the Breakout Session was to examine a number of important themes for the advancement

of Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and intermodality. Each theme was headed-up by a Facilitator who prepared

and circulated a discussion paper in advance of the Breakout Session. Each theme was assigned a

Rapporteur to capture the key points raised during the theme discussion.

The Breakout Session was chaired by Prof Stratos Papadimitriou, the Co-ordinator of the PROPS project

from the University of Piraeus Research Centre. The themes, facilitators and rapporteurs were:

Ref Theme Facilitator Rapporteur

1 Training of Maritime, Logistics and Ports personnel

for efficient intermodal transport; the benefits of

training; innovative programmes.

John Moore,

Dublin Port Company

James Kehoe,

Nautical

Enterprise

2 Networking strategies in Intermodal transport;

potential role of SPCs.

Dr. Takis

Katsoulakos,

Inlecom

Gráinne Lynch,

Nautical

Enterprise

3 Factors favouring SSS & Intermodal transport;

suggestions as to how each favourable factor may

be promoted; benefits & targets

Gerry Trant,

Nautical Enterprise

Dominic Jarvis,

CETLE

4 The environmental benefits of SSS & Intermodal

transport; means of capitalising on the benefits and

how these might be promoted.

Dr Catrin Lammgard,

University of

Göteborg

Mary Liddane

Nautical

Enterprise

5 Marketing SSS & Intermodal transport,

incorporating training, networking, economic and

environmental considerations.

The purpose of the Breakout Session was to examine a number of important themes for the advancement of Short Sea Shipping (SSS) and intermodality. Each theme was headed-up by a Facilitator who prepared and circulated a discussion paper in advance of the Breakout Session. The Breakout Session was chaired by Prof Stratos Papadimitriou, the Co-ordinator of the PROPS project from the University of Piraeus Research Centre. The themes and facilitators were:

- Training of Maritime, Logistics and Ports personnel for efficient intermodal transport; the benefits of training; innovative programmes - John Moore, Dublin Port Company

- Networking strategies in Intermodal transport; potential role of SPCs - Dr. Takis Katsoulakos, Inlecom

- Factors favouring SSS & Intermodal transport; suggestions as to how each favourable factor may be promoted; benefits & targets - Gerry Trant, Nautical Enterprise

- The environmental benefits of SSS & Intermodal transport; means of capitalising on the benefits and how these might be promoted - Dr Catrin Lammgard, University of Göteborg

- Marketing SSS & Intermodal transport, incorporating training, networking, economic and environmental considerations - Neil Cameron, Bell Pottinger Group

Joint SKEMA / PROPS Riga Workshop

Gráinne Lynch — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:29:00 +0000

The joint SKEMA and PROPS workshop on “Accelerated Implementation of EU Maritime Transport Policy” shall be hosted by the Maritime Administration of Latvia in Riga on Thursday 11th June 2009 in the Radisson SAS Hotel, Riga, Latvia. The final agenda is available here.