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# Statistics

Last month
May 2023
# CSO
Births continue to fall while death rate rises, new CSO statistics show
The number of deaths registered per 1,000 people in 2022 is 19% higher than in 2012.
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May 26th 2023, 2:05 PM
This year
2023
# Housing Crisis
Almost one in 20 dwellings in Ireland were vacant in last three months of 2021
Leitrim was the Local Authority with the highest vacancy rate at 10.6% in Q4 2021, while South Dublin had the lowest at 1.%.
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Jan 31st 2023, 4:27 PM
Last year
2022
# Energy prices
Average electricity bills rose 14% from 2020 to 2021
Median gas prices dropped slightly in the same time period.
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Dec 6th 2022, 2:42 PM
# Covid-19
Data on the social and economic impacts of the pandemic on Ireland published by CSO
The Central Statistics Office said more than 1,000 deaths due to Covid-19 occurred in the first four weeks of 2021.
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Feb 23rd 2022, 3:28 PM
# Tactics
'We've been criticised for kicking too much, but the stats just don't add up'
Munster senior coach Stephen Larkham is happy with the province’s variety in attack.
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Jan 19th 2022, 3:03 PM
All time
# Gardaí
72% increase in fraud crimes this year driven by attempts to obtain personal information
Sexual offences rose this year by 10%, while other crimes such as burglary, theft and robbery decreased.
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Dec 21st 2021, 3:03 PM
# Imports
Figures show major growth in trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland
Imports from Northern Ireland reached €2.8 billion in the first nine months of 2021.
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Nov 17th 2021, 11:02 PM
# Road Deaths
Number of fatalities on Irish roads in first seven months of year down compared with last year
There were 75 fatalities between January and July, compared with 81 in the same period in 2020.
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Aug 11th 2021, 3:20 PM
# women in business
'The pace of change is too slow': Women now make up 13% of CEOs at big companies in Ireland
The CSO found that small gains have been made in female representation at big companies in Ireland over the past two years.
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Jul 12th 2021, 6:07 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
'A distorted perspective': How anti-lockdown groups are using data to downplay the impact of Covid-19
A report by
Lauren Boland
Lauren Boland looks at the use of official statistics by anti-lockdown accounts.
Anti-lockdown accounts on social media often leave out important context or misconstrue data to argue that the pandemic is not real.
A disinformation professor at DCU says online misinformation often draws on "a grain of truth" - and then distorts it.
Lauren Boland breaks down the official statistics and how you can find the facts.
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Jun 8th 2021, 12:05 AM
# PUP
Low-income families faced losing up to 30% of earnings without lockdown supports, CSO says
A new CSO report says that supports such as the PUP prevented significant falls in household income.
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Feb 23rd 2021, 1:37 PM
# Coronavirus
Where is Ireland right now when it comes to Covid-19? Here's what the statistics available tell us
There have been more new confirmed cases already this month than in June and July combined.
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Aug 19th 2020, 12:33 PM
# CSO
Over-65s account for 90% of coronavirus deaths recorded in Ireland
At its peak, there were 270 Covid-19 related deaths in the week ending 17 April.
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May 22nd 2020, 2:07 PM
# It's all relative
Explainer: How does Ireland count Covid-19 deaths compared to other countries?
There have been more than 700 deaths attributed to Covid-19 in Ireland so far.
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Apr 22nd 2020, 4:38 PM
# Jouez
Analysis: How the threat of red cards could be favouring teams who offload
Eoin Toolan examines the All Blacks’ support play to explain their effectiveness in offloading.
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Oct 9th 2019, 5:30 PM
# Nearly 5 million
Ireland's population has risen this year, but more Irish people are leaving than returning
Over 4.9 million people now live in the country.
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Aug 27th 2019, 4:22 PM
# CSO
These are the most expensive areas to buy a home in Ireland by Eircode
The CSO has published its latest residential property price index today.
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Jun 13th 2019, 4:32 PM
# Housing
Almost €700 million paid to private landlords in rent subsidies last year
€276,600,000 was paid in HAP to landlords via HAP last year.
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Feb 24th 2019, 8:15 AM
# Statistics
90% of gambling addicts treated by HSE are young men
The HSE has provided figures on the age and geographic breakdown of some of those who enter treatment for gambling addiction.
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Feb 15th 2019, 12:05 AM
# thank u next
The key stats and numbers through Martin O'Neill's reign as Ireland boss
After five years, he’s parted company with the FAI ‘by mutual agreement’.
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Nov 21st 2018, 3:59 PM
# tv view
Kerr slams Ireland's 'abysmal' record as downward spiral under O'Neill continues
‘Three wins in 18 games…. that was a dreadful performance.’
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Nov 16th 2018, 10:22 AM
# CSO
Residential property prices have risen by 8.6% so far this year
Since early 2013, prices nationally have increased by 81.1%.
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Oct 9th 2018, 2:06 PM
# Numbers Game
Gardaí release number of drink driving arrests - 15,000 more than previously published
Currently all crime data released by the gardaí is considered to be ‘under reservation’, ie of insufficient quality, by the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
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Sep 24th 2018, 12:05 AM
# 12 yards
The Penalty Doctor: the science behind spot kicks and what we can expect at this World Cup
Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, a professor at the London School of Economics, is the definitive voice on penalties.
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Jun 29th 2018, 10:00 PM
# Hospitals
Ireland spends €20 billion per year on healthcare, here's where the money goes
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
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Jun 23rd 2018, 7:00 AM
# Statistics
Over 3,000 women and girls travelled from Ireland to England and Wales for abortions last year
Irish women and girls accounted for over six in 10 (64.3%) of the non-resident abortions carried out in England and Wales last year.
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Jun 7th 2018, 2:34 PM
# good stuff
Number of dogs destroyed in Irish pounds down 40%
916 dogs were put to sleep in Irish local authority pounds last year.
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May 18th 2018, 10:52 PM
# snapshot of ireland
Heart disease and cancer are the most common causes of death in Ireland
Here are the latest statistics on births, deaths and marriages.
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Feb 23rd 2018, 2:16 PM
# Census
Here's what the wellbeing of Ireland looks like right now
The average annual earnings in 2016 were €36,919 per person.
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Jan 10th 2018, 3:38 PM
# CSO
Over 107,000 foreign nationals were given a PPS Number in 2016, a significant rise on the year before
The latest report from the Central Statistics Office looked into the number of PPSN allocations to foreign nationals over the past six years – from 2011 to 2016.
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Dec 19th 2017, 6:15 AM
# rural crime
Calls for electronic monitoring to be a condition of bail for repeat offenders
‘The ability for criminals to access rural Ireland via the improved motorway network has had a real impact on rural crime.’
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Nov 25th 2017, 8:30 AM
# Census 2016
Dublin City has the highest percentage of unhealthy people in Ireland
Just 82.8% of people in Dublin City said their health was good.
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Nov 2nd 2017, 3:32 PM
# savi report
Taoiseach asks ministers to examine if Irish statistics on sexual violence need updating
There have been calls for the SAVI report, commissioned 15 years ago, to be updated.
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Oct 26th 2017, 6:45 AM
# CSO
More Irish women than men have third-level qualifications
Women represented 52.2% of all third-level graduates in Ireland in 2016.
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Oct 18th 2017, 12:19 PM
# HSE
Men aged 45-54 are the most likely to die by suicide in Ireland
A new report from the HSE has said that suicide figures are on a downward trend.
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Sep 27th 2017, 7:23 AM
# the brodge
Rodgers' revolution: Celtic are the best in Europe when it comes to keeping the ball
The former Liverpool boss has had quite the impact on the club since arriving in the summer of 2016.
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Sep 26th 2017, 7:32 PM
# cis
Social welfare issues made up almost half of queries to Citizens Information last year
The impenetrability of Irish systems cause daily anguish to people, according to Sr Stanislaus Kennedy.
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Jul 13th 2017, 2:24 PM
# Come to your census
Eight people could be brought to court over a refusal to fill in their census form
They could be fined up to €44,000.
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Jun 28th 2017, 8:28 AM
# died by suicide
'It makes no sense': The HSE does not record the number of suicides at hospitals
Sinn Féin TD Pat Buckley wants the HSE to keep a record of all those who die by suicide in Irish hospitals.
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May 30th 2017, 3:40 PM
# Living wage
One in 10 Irish workers are earning the minimum wage or less
A release from the CSO suggests that just over 10% of Irish workers are earning €9.25 an hour or less.
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Apr 27th 2017, 6:10 AM
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