The Nevin Economic Research Institute has forecast a continuation of Ireland's economic recovery that could see unemployment falling to 9 percent in 2016.
It also warns that growth in Ireland's economy is almost entirely based around Dublin, with 90 percent of the jobs created last year being located in the capital.
The research also found that 25 percent of employees earn an hourly wage that is less than the living wage threshold of €11.45 per hour.
The trade union-funded think-tank says that the economy will grow by 3.5 percent this year, and by 3 percent in 2016.
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called for an emergency meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other euro zone leaders including ECB president Mario Draghi at today's EU leaders summit in Brussels.
This comes after two weeks of increasingly volatile public interactions between Greece and Germany that have seen the Greeks threaten to seize German assets to pay World War II reparations.
The Syriza-led government has also made a formal complaint to German authorities regarding public comments made by German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble.
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Also on the agenda at the two-day summit is the possible expansion of EU sanctions against Russia.
Pro-Russian rebels have been accused of leading post-cease fire aggression in Ukraine. Moscow was increased its military exercises along western land and sea boarders that it shares with NATO nations.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that the EU will consider fresh sanctions against Russia if there is a major violation of the cease-fire.
She has warned that the terms of the February truce are not being lived up to.
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INM has announced the sale of its remaining 18.6 percent shareholding in APN – a leading publishing and broadcast operator in Australia and New Zealand
The sale – which is being managed by Credit Suisse - probably to institutional investors - is expected to raise net proceeds of €115m for INM at current currency values
The sale at 88 Australian cent per share involves a discount of 6.4% to the current APN share price
INM says it will use the proceeds to effectively clear its remaining debts – also €115m - and plans to negotiate lower cost credit facilities to enable it invest in its ongoing digital strategy and, potentially, in new bolt-on acquisitions.
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With Glanbia PlC share prices at record levels, Glanbia Co-op has decided to reduce its shareholding and to distribute much needed cash to farmer members
Many may use this overall windfall – valued at close to a quarter of a billion euro - for investment in stock and facilities due to changes in the quota regime
Glanbia co-op has announced that its reducing its shareholding in Glanbia PLC from just over 41 to 36.5 percent and perhaps in time to 33 percent.
In doing so, it will distribute about €238m in value to upwards of 10,000 farmer members of the co-op – many of them concentrated in the south east.
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Fashion retailer Next has increased its full year profits by 12.5 percent - meeting market expectations.
The firm operates 500 stores in the UK and Ireland, and close to 200 in other territories. It says that in-store and online sales are both growing.
Earnings per share (EPS) rose by 15 percent to 420 pence per share - the ordinary dividend was increased by 16 percent to 150 pence per share.
Next is forecasting growth of between 1.5 to 5.5 percent in 2015 - with pretax profits amounting to between £785m and £835m.
