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Last year
2025
Irish Health Survey
Over 15% of children between 13 and 17 don’t eat fruit and vegetables at least once a day
18 Jul 2025
5.2k
15
CSO
Property prices increased by close to 8% in 12 months to May
16 Jul 2025
7.8k
38
SHOP OF HORRORS
Food prices have risen by more than double the price of everything else over the past 12 months
10 Jul 2025
10.8k
80
Housing Crisis
Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, data shows
3 Jul 2025
11.5k
38
Housing
Companies and organisations bought up nearly 13,000 houses and apartments last year
1 Jul 2025
17.4k
65
Property Prices
Residential property prices rose 7.5% in 12 months to April, CSO says
19 Jun 2025
4.0k
19
summer recreation
Bad weather and lack of public transport among barriers keeping people from nature last summer
6 Jun 2025
10.5k
8
Tourism figures
Business as usual: Hoteliers chief confident despite further drop in tourism figures
29 May 2025
9.6k
37
CSO
Number of people in employment rises by 89,900 to hit almost 2.8 million
22 May 2025
8.9k
85
rising costs
'Cost of a bag of potatoes has doubled': Taoiseach told the cost-of-living crisis hasn't gone away
14 May 2025
21.8k
109
Cost of Living
More than one in six households can't afford a one-week holiday with their children
8 May 2025
15.2k
65
Growing up in Ireland
Ireland's 25-year-olds experiencing depression and anxiety more than when they were 20
28 Apr 2025
8.3k
30
Wealth
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown has wealthiest households with €85,000 average income
23 Apr 2025
26.5k
46
Come Fly With Me
A record 41 million passengers used Ireland's airports last year
17 Apr 2025
6.0k
59
property price index
Irish property prices are now nearly 20% higher than at the peak of 2007 pre-crash bubble
16 Apr 2025
18.1k
57
Tourism
Tourism industry doesn't believe the drop in tourists has been that bad (but CSO says it has)
2 Apr 2025
31.0k
86
crime figures
Drop in murder, robbery and drugs offences last year but increase in sexual offences
26 Mar 2025
5.9k
shake it off
Five years on from pandemic, one in four avoid handshaking and only 6% regret getting a dog
25 Mar 2025
9.4k
28
Housing Crisis
Number of houses and apartments granted planning permission fell 21% last year compared to 2023
Updated 12 Mar 2025
7.4k
40
crime stats
Number of burglaries and thefts rose sharply across Ireland last year, new figures show
3 Mar 2025
9.8k
78
Pay Day
Average weekly earnings grew 5.6% year-on-year in final quarter of 2024
25 Feb 2025
5.8k
20
Central Statistics Office
House prices increased by 8.7% last year - almost double the growth rate in 2023
19 Feb 2025
7.3k
23
RELATED
Opinion: Government dusts off failed Celtic Tiger policies and we all know where they got us
19 Feb 2025
Government to make cabin homes in back gardens exempt from planning
19 Feb 2025
Watch: 'Name calling' and 'codswallop' accusations fly as Dáil gets heated over housing
18 Feb 2025
€450m Exchequer boost to provide 3,000 cost rental, affordable and social homes
18 Feb 2025
Starter homes, short-term let laws and rent cap review to be prioritised by government
17 Feb 2025
burning a hole in your pocket
Dublin and Cork households have highest disposable income while the Midlands is far behind
5 Feb 2025
11.4k
Not beyond the pale
Counties in Dublin 'commuter belt' to experience highest population growth over next 20 years
29 Jan 2025
14.7k
32
Bundle of Energy
These are the counties with the highest - and lowest - home energy ratings
Updated 21 Jan 2025
13.4k
12
All time
CSO
House prices nationally have increased by 157% from their low point in early 2013
18 Dec 2024
9.6k
51
New Figures
Quarter of workers earned less than €450 per week in 2023
3 Dec 2024
18.0k
100
Central Statistics Office
House prices rise by over 10% in the year to September
20 Nov 2024
7.7k
74
births and deaths
Number of births in Ireland dropped by 10% in 2022
31 Oct 2024
7.6k
Housing
Harris says housing delivery figure for this year will be 'well upwards towards 40,000'
25 Oct 2024
8.8k
66
Double Digit Increase
House prices rise by over 10% in the year to August
16 Oct 2024
10.9k
82
Oireachtas Housing Commitee
Regulator to pursue 1,500 HAP landlords who have not registered tenancies
15 Oct 2024
14.2k
27
Consumer Price Index
Inflation rate below 2% for the first time in over three years
12 Sep 2024
7.8k
31
CSO
Highest number of people emigrate from Ireland in almost ten years
Updated 27 Aug 2024
49.7k
150
Housing
Housing completions fall during second quarter amid concerns about Government's annual target
25 Jul 2024
6.1k
CSO
Ongar and Tallaght South have highest birth rates nationwide, while Galway City has the lowest
24 Jul 2024
8.4k
39
CSO National Accounts Results
Irish economy up 5% according to ‘deglobalized measure’ but down 5.5% when using GDP metric
12 Jul 2024
8.1k
21
crime stats
Close to 20% rise in robbery, extortion and hijacking offences over the past year
Updated 26 Jun 2024
8.9k
crime statistics
A third of victims of dangerous driving offences leading to death last year were children
30 Apr 2024
5.5k
CSO
Less than four in 10 couples who got married last year had a Catholic ceremony
26 Apr 2024
13.8k
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