In this paper we provide an account of the property-led boom and bust which has brought Ireland to the point of bankruptcy. Our account details the pivotal role which neoliberal policy played in guiding the course of the country’s recent history, but also heightens awareness of the how the...

In the wake of the global financial crisis, and as Europe's financial and fiscal woes continue, Ireland's beleaguered economy has attracted a great deal of scrutiny, with much made of the country's status as one of the PIIGS and the fact that it was bailed out by the troika of the IMF, EU and...

The problem of exact quantitative definition of the concept of an industrial environment is examined. One possible approach that might be adopted is the idea of the niche and, in particular, the niche pattern. Experiments which use synthesised data sets to summarise the urban industrial...