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No sign of Ireland’s hangover fading.

Since the onset of the downturn, the Irish economy has contracted significantly more sharply than other deficit economies such as the US and UK. Unfortunately, Ireland’s troubles appear far from over and it should be one of the last euro-zone economies to emerge from recession.

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