# Statistics

This year

2023

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

# water waste

10% of Irish households are using four times as much water as the rest of the country

New figures from the CSO show that usage of water in Ireland is heavily skewed by a small fraction of consumers.

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