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Crisis atlas / IRL

Ireland

12 distinct crisis events in 2 episodes, 2007–2021, from the union of five primary chronologies.

Debt profile: government debt trajectory and crisis-start levels →

12
Banking crises
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Currency crises
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Sovereign debt crises
12
Crisis events
2007–2021
Span

Crisis timeline

Every distinct (year, type) event, most recent first, with the chronologies flagging it. Start-year sources (GMD, JST) do not mark continuation years, so long episodes show lower agreement after their first year.

  1. 2021
    Bankingesrb1 source
  2. 2020
    Bankingesrb1 source
  3. 2016
    Bankingrr1 source
  4. 2015
    Bankingrr1 source
  5. 2014
    Bankingrr1 source
  6. 2013
    Bankingesrb, rr2 sources
  7. 2012
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  8. 2011
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  9. 2010
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  10. 2009
    Bankingesrb, laeven_valencia, rr3 sources
  11. 2008
    Bankingesrb, jst, laeven_valencia, rr4 sources
  12. 2007
    Bankinggmd, rr2 sources

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) | Jordà-Schularick-Taylor Macrohistory R6 | Laeven & Valencia (2020, 2026) | Reinhart-Rogoff via HBS BFFS | ECB/ESRB Financial Crises Database Methodology

Macro context around each episode

Inflation, central-bank policy rate, and government debt in a window of five years either side of each crisis episode (consecutive crisis years bridged across gaps of up to two years). Crisis years shaded.

2007–2016

Banking2008–2012: fiscal cost 37.6% of GDP, output loss 107.7% of GDP(Laeven-Valencia 2026)
Inflation (% y/y)
Policy rate (%)
Govt debt (% of GDP)

2020–2021

Banking
Inflation (% y/y)
Policy rate (%)
Govt debt (% of GDP)

Source: Global Macro Database 2026_06 (Müller, Xu, Lehbib & Chen 2025) Inflation is % year over year; policy rate is the central-bank rate in %; government debt is % of GDP. Methodology