Noel Cahill

Noel Cahill is an economist in the NESC Secretariat.  His research has covered Irish economic development and a wide range of public policy areas including housing, the environment and taxation.  His work on housing includes contributions to NESC reports on land use, compact growth and cost rental.  As part of NESC’s work on the Shared Island, he wrote papers on the island economy and a regional perspective on Ireland, North and South.  He holds a BA in economics from Trinity College, Dublin and an MA in economics from Georgetown University, Washington DC.

 

Email: noel.cahill@nesc.ie

Phone: Direct line (01) 8146-335

 

Selected Bibliography

NESC Council Report No. 168 (2025), Deepening Compact Growth in Ireland.

NESC Secretariat Paper No. 35 (2025), Deepening Compact Growth in Ireland: Extended Research.

NESC Council Report No. 159 (2023), Private Rental in Ireland.

NESC Secretariat Paper No. 27 (2021), A Regional Perspective on Ireland, North and South.

NESC Secretariat Paper No. 25 (2021), Shared Island: Projects, Progress & Policy: The Island Economy.

NESC Secretariat Covid-19 Working Paper Series (2020), The Implications of Covid-19 for Housing in Ireland.

NESC Secretariat Paper No. 15 (2018), Cost-Benefit Analysis, Environment and Climate Change.

NESC Secretariat Paper No. 14 (2018), International Approaches to Land Use, Housing and Urban Development.

NESC Secretariat Paper No. 11 (2014), Financing of Social Housing in Selected European Countries.

NESC Secretariat Paper No. 1 (2011), Ireland’s Economic Recovery – An Analysis and Exploration.

(with Rory O’Donnell, 2007), ‘The Influence of Institutions’ in Aylward, C. and O’Toole R. (eds), Perspectives on Irish Productivity, Dublin: Forfás, 2007.

(with Francis O’Toole, 2006), ‘Taxation Policy and Reform’ in Healy, S. and Reynolds, B.  (eds) Social Policy in Ireland: Principles, Practice and Problems, Dublin: Oak Tree Press.

Cahill, N. (1988), ‘The Nature of Economic Growth in Ireland’, Irish Banking Review, Summer.