The Irish economy dodged a bullet this year. Back in April, we were trying to count the cost of Donald Trump’s tariff threats and his demand that American multinationals relocate production to their home market. This week, official Irish figures showed that we have so far got away with it. The 10 per cent plus annual growth in Irish GDP recorded this week by the CSO will be rightly written off across Europe as more “leprechaun economics”. But 2025 was another decent year for the Irish economy.

Source: The Irish Times December 07, 2025 08:32 UTC