Central Statistics Office

Needs of a growing population pose difficulties for current administration and future governments

More than 1.785 million people arrived in the Republic from overseas last month

Latest CSO figures show retail sales in volume terms rose by 7.5 per cent in annual terms in April

Price for litre of petrol and diesel to go up by 5 and 6 cent respectively as excise duty restored at forecourts

Suppliers tied to expensive hedging deals struck during crisis

Natural gas hitting lows not seen since September 2021 but consumers’ bills remain high

A total of 57,540 babies were born in the State last year, a 1.5% drop on 2021 figures

New figures show men were the victims in 71 per cent of homicides reported last year

CSO figures show employment rose to an all-time high of 2.6 million in first quarter of year

Number of working-age adults in employment increased by 102,700 or 4.1 per cent in the last year, latest CSO figures indicate

Just 1.23 per cent of properties in Dublin are on the market for less than half the median price, report says

Costs for those in lowest income brackets increase by almost a fifth since 2018

CSO survey finds 2% suffered sexual violence as adults over the 12 months to December 2022

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Grim combination of economic factors is likely to have cost an average household close to €10,000 extra over the last year alone

Sort It: Multigenerational living more common, but privacy and comfort for all are essential to make it work

Making a decision to give up work should be more than just a matter of crunching the impact of tax and childcare costs

Electric vehicles account for 17% of all new vehicles licensed in the State so far this year

People between ages of 25 and 54 account for two-thirds of all claimants

Power plants consumed 33% more gas compared with last year, says CSO

The tourist town begins to feel the strain of accommodating 2,194 Ukrainians, as well as 1,000 asylum seekers from other countries

Spending in bars tumbled by almost 16% last month, according to CSO data

Flash estimate of Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices points to slower rate of price increases

However, level is down on last three months of 2022

Planning authority now has full complement of 15 board members after `particularly difficult’ year, PAC will be told

A total of 6,716 homes completed in the first three months of 2023, according to CSO data

CSO figures show ‘strong recovery’ in travel during 2022 with Irish residents spending €2.9bn on domestic trips

Apartments account for more than a third of new homes for first time in 12 years with 2,427 completed in first quarter

Gross profits made by corporations based in the State neared €300 billion across the year, CSO estimates

Consumption by non-daily metered large customers also declines compared with 2022

Multinationals skew figures higher, Productivity in Ireland report indicates, as workers here add €102 of value per hour of work on average in 2021

Unacceptable sexual behaviour must be exposed so it becomes a risk perpetrators will no longer take

Latest CSO figures also show that gross general government debt fell by €11.4 billion to €224.8 billion at the end of last year

Nationwide survey also finds that 28 per cent of men have been victims of sexual violence

Latest trade numbers reflect ongoing strength of Ireland’s export trade

Getting an accurate picture on house completions is difficult given the various measures available

Consumer goods and services also 43.8 per cent higher than the EU average in Ireland

Highest prices outside of Dublin were in Wicklow and Kildare, while the lowest price was in Longford

Total number of cars licensed for the first time rose last month

The number of people in long-term unemployment was 61,827 in March, down 6,885 from a year earlier