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Census shows 166,000 vacant properties in Ireland, with over 48,000 vacant for six years
Vacant property levels have fallen 9% since 2016.
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Vacant property levels have fallen 9% since 2016.
The housing stock increased by 6% since 2016, lagging behind a population growth of 7.6%
It comes following a 20% cut in the cost of public transport fares.
It’s the largest annual increase since 1984, with fuel costs again driving the price spikes.
It’s the first new set of population-wide data since the last census in 2016.
Only 14% of arrivals were men over the age of 19.
Structural steel and fabricated metal prices were up 42% and 38.5% respectively over 12 months.
The figures show that data centres are now consuming more electricity than rural homes.
Returning Census forms by post is free of charge to the householder.
In 2021, 82% of victims of sexual violence were women, with 2,357 cases being reported to Gardaí.
The highest increases in house and apartment prices were seen outside Dublin.
It represents the largest annual change in prices since November 2000.
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The Central Statistics Office raised concerns that enumerators could not access gated communities and apartment blocks.
The last time the CPI was this was was in April 2001.
There’s a new number one for girls yet again.
The Central Statistics Office said more than 1,000 deaths due to Covid-19 occurred in the first four weeks of 2021.
The price of home heating oil rose 50% in the past year while petrol jumped nearly 30%.
House prices have now been rising for 14 consecutive months.
Campaigners have warned that soaring inflation is hitting lower-income households differently.
The impact of data centres on the grid has come under scrutiny amid concerns about emissions reductions and energy supply.
It’s the 13th consecutive month of rising property prices.
Rising petrol, diesel and household electricity prices all made large contributions to annual inflation.
The unemployment rate in December 2021, adjusted due to the PUP, stood at 7.5%.
New CSO figures show that nearly one million people were at risk of poverty in 2020 when housing costs were taken into account.
Sexual offences rose this year by 10%, while other crimes such as burglary, theft and robbery decreased.
Soaring petrol, diesel and energy prices continue to drive inflation, the CSO said.
Of those who came across such content, 64% checked its veracity by checking sources online, figures from the Central Statistics Office show.
Imports from Northern Ireland reached €2.8 billion in the first nine months of 2021.
Half the country’s landlords had a rental income of less than €10,000 in 2019, according to new research.
Electricity and fuel costs are the main drivers of inflation currently, the Central Statistics Office said.
Savings made during the pandemic have brought the financial net worth of households to an all-time high of €312.8 billion, the CSO said.
Recent polling from Ireland Thinks indicated that 36% of people are in favour of congestion charges in Irish cities.
Data released by the stats body found that just 75% of construction workers have had their jabs.
Today’s figures represent the largest annual change in prices since June 2018.
Retail assistants, cashiers and checkout operators were the workers most likely to contract the virus in the second and third waves.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today published the latest recorded crime statistics.
It follows a sharp drop-off in prices last year due to public health restrictions.