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The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the  winner of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2023, Eddie Casey and Killian Carroll, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council for their work on "What climate change means for Ireland's public finances". The

The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the  winner of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2022, The Commission on Taxation and Welfare for their work on The Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare 2022. The award was presented by Chairman

The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to share the list of finalists for the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2022. De-risking the Public Finances - Assessing Corporation Tax Receipts, David Hughes, Ian Power, Department of Finance Economic Letter: Household Characteristics, Irish Inflation

The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the  joint winners of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize 2021, Ciaran Judge and Ita McGennis for their paper on The SAFE-PSC-MyGovID Framework for Public Service Identity Management, and Clara Lindberg and

The Foundation for Fiscal Studies are delighted to announce the  joint winners of the Miriam Hederman O'Brien Prize 2018 Winners                                                                                                                                                 Patterns of firm level productivity in Ireland Javier Papa, Luke Rehill and Brendan O’Connor Lifting the Lid: The Private Financing of

Gerard Hughes & Micheal Collins receiving their medals from Colm Kelly, Chairman of the Foundation MIRIAM HEDERMAN O’BRIEN PRIZE 2017   WINNER  “ Supporting Pension Contributions Through the Tax System: Outcomes, Costs and Examining Reform” Micheal Collins & Gerard Hughes   Shortlist: “Analysis of Low Income Taxpayers and

The Role of Corporation Tax in Ireland's Industrial Policy. Westbury Hotel. Friday 15th June 2018 @08.00hrs

Nominations are invited for work completed during the period 2018 which has added to the public knowledge or understanding in areas such as taxation, public expenditure and other related fiscal policy topics.

Friday, 1st December 2017. Speakers included - Mr William Beausang, Ms Annette Connolly, Dr Tom McDonnell & Professor Niamh Hardiman

The Miriam Hederman O'Brien Gold Medal 2016 was awarded to Aedin Doris and Bruce Chapman for their paper "Modelling Higher Education Financing Reform for Ireland" Aedin Doris accepting the Gold Medal from Colm Kelly, Chairman of the Foundation for Fiscal Studies.

Wednesday, 3rd May 2017. Speakers included: Professor Frank Berry, Professor Ron Davies, Mr Alan Gibbons & Mr Brian Cotter.

2013 Winner - The inaugural Miriam Hederman O’Brien research prize was awarded on 28 November 2013 to Gerard Brady for his paper titled ‘Network social capital and labour market outcomes - Evidence for Irish fiscal and labour market policy' 2014 Winner

Find the Directors' Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 2015 here.

Nominations are invited for work completed during the period 2016 which has added to the public knowledge or understanding in areas such as taxation, public expenditure and other related fiscal policy topics.  Details of the prize, entry criteria and submission

Find the Directors' Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 2014 here

First Report of the Commission on Taxation Reports, Direct Taxation - July 1982 Second Report of the Commission on Taxation Reports, Direct Taxation - The Role of Incentives (Part 1) - March 1984 Second Report of the Commission on Taxation Reports,

Simon harris TD, Minster of State at the Departments of Finance PER and Taoiseach with Special Responsibility for the OPW, Public Procurement, and International Banking (incl IFSC), speaking at the award ceremony of the Miriam Hederman O’Brien prize on 30

The Miriam Hederman O-Brien 2015 was awarded in September 2015 to Rónán Hickey and Diarmaid Smyth for their paper - "The Financial Crisis in Ireland and Government Revenues"

The Miriam Hederman O’Brien prize is awarded by the Foundation for Fiscal Studies in association with The Irish Times to recognise outstanding work in the area of Irish fiscal policy. The aim of the prize is to promote the study

We were delighted to host a seminar with Professor Diane Coyle about alternative measures to GDP.