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# CSO figures

This year
2023
# CSO figures
Domestic economy entered 'technical recession' last year but is still up 8.2%
Despite entering a technical recession, the domestic economy grew by 8.2% using the government’s preferred metric.
Last year
2022
# Rising prices
House prices rise by 14% as rate of increase slows slightly for first time in two years
The highest increase in property prices were seen outside Dublin, with prices rising by 16.4%.
# CSO figures
Non-religious marriages outnumbered Catholic marriages in 2021, new CSO figures show
Catholic ceremonies accounted for 39% of all marriages, compared to 43.3% non-religious ceremonies in 2021.
All time
# Property prices rise
Property prices rise almost 7% in a single year, CSO figures show
Mortgage experts have warned that ‘property prices are really only going one way for the foreseeable future’.
# matter of life and death
Death rate rises and births fall as cancer shown to be nation's biggest killer
Cancer and heart diseases were the main causes of death for Irish people last year.
# Trade Surplus
Goods exports are up more than €400 million on last year
The figures for August show increases in exports of organic chemicals and pharmaceutical products but a fall for dairy products and birds’ eggs.
# On the up
Joan Burton: 'We're the strongest growing economy in Europe at this point'
Ireland’s gross domestic product (GDP) is now up 7.7 per cent.
# Retail
'A blip has become a trend' says retail group as sales drop
Retail Ireland calls for action as motor sales and books show the biggest dropoff in sales in May.
# Economy
Ireland's economy shrank 1.1 per cent in first quarter
The CSO has blamed a drop in both net exports and personal consumption.
# Cars
Decrease in new cars licensed last month
Although the number of new cars licensed decreased last month compared to October 2010, overall this year more new cars have been licensed than in the previous year.
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