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# Public Debt

Last year
2023
Ireland has one of the highest per capita debt burdens in the world, around €44,250 per citizen
All time
Central Bank tells government to save rather than spend windfalls to help buffer Ireland against future downturns
Have €42,500? That's the amount of public debt hanging over the head of every person living in the State
S&P downgrades Ireland over growing debt to prop up banks