MHOB Annual Prize
MHOB Prize 2025
A ceremony to recognise the MHOB 2025 finalists and to award the overall prize will take place on Thursday, 22 October, 2026 at 8:30am – 10:30am at the Irish Tax Institute.
Finalist Nominees
We are delighted to share with you the list of finalists for this year’s Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize. Please click on each title to access the material.
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The supply side effects of rent controls: Evidence from Ireland
Authors:
Tom Gillespie, Janez Kren, Ronan C Lyons, Conor O’Toole
Institutions:
ESRI
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Building a Virtuous Demographic Cycle
Authors:
Gráinne Collins
Institutions:
The National Economic and Social Council
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Future Forty: A Fiscal and Economic Outlook to 2065
Authors:
Rob Barnes, James Murphy, Neil Frazer, Cillian O’Neill
Institutions:
Dept of Finance
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Basic Income for the Arts Impact Assessment (2 years)
Authors:
Nadia Feldkircher, Brian O’Donnell
Institutions:
Dept of Culture, Communications and Sport
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Reducing Educational Disadvantage Across Post-Primary Schools: Evidence from the First Decade of the DEIS Plan in Ireland
Authors:
Lorraine Gilleece, Aiden Clerkin, Darragh Flannery
Institutions:
DCU and UL
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Economic Columns – Irish Times
Authors:
Cliff Taylor
Institutions:
Irish Times
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Supply and Demand of General Practice in Ireland: Technical Note – June 2025
Authors:
Deirdre Coy, Mahnoor Tanwir
Institutions:
Dept of Health
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Turning Academics into Entrepreneurs: Lessons from the Professor’s Privilege
Authors:
Sam Enright
Institutions:
Progress Ireland
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A Hidden Cost: Estimating the Public Service Cost of Poverty in Ireland
Authors:
Micheál L. Collins
Institutions:
UCD
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Intangible income shifting: the impact of digitalisation on falling corporate tax rates
Authors:
Michael McMahon, Eleanor Doyle, Stephen Kinsella
Institutions:
UL and UCC