Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown remained the most expensive local authority area in the Republic

In Q1 2025, the main reason for taking domestic overnight trips was to visit friends or relatives (42 per cent)

Figures released by the Central Statistics Office reveal that the domestic economy has showed steady growth.

Producer prices for food products increased by 5.1 per cent in the 12 months to April 2025

This continues a downward trend which has been ongoing since September of 2024.

There was a 2 per cent increase in the number of homes completed this year compared with last year, mostly due to apartment completions.

Last year was the worst year for motor theft in Ireland in more than a decade. 

Since this research had taken place, one in eight 25-year-olds has emigrated.

The median price of a dwelling purchased in the 12 months to January this year was €359,999, figures showed.

The Central Bank predicted that the Government will miss its housing targets for the next three years.

Figures show burglaries increased by 10 per cent last year, rising by 878 to 9,981

Sophie replaced Grace in the top spot for baby girls

12.7 per cent of overseas visitors came from the United States, with 6.4 per cent coming from Spain and Portugal.

Some parts of the economy are still experiencing substantial price jumps.

Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 6.8 per cent in 2023.

The number of single dwellings built was 5,367, 2.2 per cent lower than in 2023.

Indian nationals had the highest median weekly earnings in 2023, earning €883.74, and Ukrainian nationals had the lowest median weekly earnings of €450.29.

The most frequent reason for travelling to Ireland was for holiday or leisure, with 44.2 per cent of tourists coming for that reason.

The lowest median price per acre was €6,745 in the West region.

Apartment completions fell 7.2 per cent in the 12 months to Q3 2024, to 3,096, while single dwellings were down 5.3 per cent to 1,354 in Q3 2024.

This was the third successive 12-month period where over 100,000 people immigrated to Ireland.

Informal letting arrangements are a result of "government inaction" and a "failing rental market", according to the Irish Property Owners Association (IPOA)

The largest contingent of visitors from overseas came from Britain

The CSO said the increase “reflects the impact of changing birth rate and migration patterns over recent decades”

The price of a residential property in Dublin went up by 8.3 per cent

The biggest prices increases in the year to May were in the transport and hotel & restaurant sectors

Fifty-nine per cent of those who described themselves as homeless in Census 2022 were working

A research paper looked the period from 2019 to 2022.

Data also showed that for just over a fifth of victims of sexual offences, the suspected offender was a friend or acquaintance.

The production of potatoes was also down last year, by 12.4%.

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Figures from the Higher Education Authority for the 2021/2022 academic year show the rate increased from 12 per cent the previous year

People under 18 had the highest rate of re-offending within one year of receiving a probation order

Consumer prices fell by 0.8 per cent in the month to November

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had the highest proportion of people working from home for at least one day a week at 57 per cent

The latest Consumer Price Index showed an annual increase of 5.1 per cent in October, down from 6.4 per cent the previous month

The seasonally adjusted live register figures showed there were 175,500 in October

Figures from the Central Statistics Office show 86 per cent of women think sexual violence against women is common, compared to 72 per cent of men

Overall, women were twice as likely as men to have experienced sexual harassment in the last 12 months