Central Statistics Office

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Inheritance tax: How many people actually pay it?

While inheritance taxes might generate a lot of attention, on an annual basis, they don’t contribute a significant amount to the exchequer. That’s why some countries have abolished it

Ageing Ireland: What can the Government do to deal with a rising and older population?

As key services in education, health, housing and transport struggle with increasing demand, plans are being devised to deal with pressures from rising immigration and people living longer

The Irish Times view on population and migration: understanding is key

Ireland’s economic success – and social development – is based fundamentally on its opennes

Irish inflation falls to just 1.1% as energy prices decline

Latest flash estimate for the harmonised index of consumer prices in Ireland comes ahead of expected ECB rate cut next month

Immigration to Ireland hits 17-year high as emigration also rises

CSO figures for year to April 2024 show more than 100,000 people immigrated to the Republic of Ireland in three successive years

CSO records ‘strong outward flow’ to Australia with 10,600 people moving there from Ireland

Latest data reveal the highest level of emigration down under from the Republic of Ireland since 2013, with numbers returning decreasing

Average weekly earnings rise by 5.6% as workers seek real wage catch-up

CSO’s latest earnings data show workers earned an average of €963 a week in the second quarter

Flood of applications expected for lucrative exit packages at Intel’s Irish plant

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

CSO at 75: How data analysis has evolved to tell us more about ourselves

As the Central Statistics Office celebrates its 75th birthday, its reports continue to inform vital economic research and Government policy

Irish employment hits 2.75m with record female participation

Professional, scientific and technical activities, as well as industry sector, lead the way in growth

Food sector sees largest jobs decline amid mounting concern over closures

The CSO’s monthly estimates of payroll employees takes in real-time Revenue data to detect trends in the labour market

Trying to buy your first home in Ireland? Please share your experience with us

Average Irish house prices rose by 8.6% in the last 12 months and are now 10.8% higher than at the height of the previous property boom in April 2007

Exports rise to €107bn in first half of year, but soften in June

Growth over first six months driven by increase in pharmaceutical exports, according to CSO figures

Ireland’s housing crisis ‘on a different level’ with population growing at nearly four people for every new home built

Housing crisis: Affordability is declining faster than in the US, UK, Australia, Germany or Spain, says Savills

The Irish Times view on house prices: the affordability squeeze tightens further

Everybody agrees there is a housing crisis, but the pace of action in response is still too slow

Irish house price inflation edges closer to 9% with average prices well ahead of 2007 boom

Property prices in Dublin rose at an even higher rate than the national average, up 9.3% in June from a revised 8.8% in May

Switch to electric motoring stalls as EV sales fail to pick up in July

CSO figures show new EV licensed vehicles totalled 12,765 in the seven-month period from January to July

Will charging an EV at my house double my electricity bill?

Your EV questions answered: Helping to separate electric vehicle myths from facts

Ireland’s data black holes: Nobody knows how many landlords or data centres we have

Into these information vacuums slip political extremists with their own agendas and solutions

Inflation steady at 2.2 per cent in July

Price increases were seen in transport, restaurants and hotels

Home sales volume slumps as second-hand housing stock plunges

Number of homes available on second-hand market down 50% in 10 years, says MyHome.ie

Irish unemployment still near historic lows despite July spike - CSO

Jobless rate touched 4.7% in July, the highest level since March 2022 with youth unemployment also rising

Spike in electricity demand during All-Ireland finals

EirGrid says renewables accounted for nearly 29% of electricity generated in July, with solar hitting a record

Number of people receiving benefits drops in July, CSO data shows

Pace of employment growth has slowed and labour market conditions remain tight, according to Central Bank

CSO study highlights steep increases in food and energy prices since 2016

Households are spending a lower proportion of their total expenditure on housing costs, including rents

Plans for six data centres in campus close to Naas

Applicant Herbata says ‘next generation’ data centres will not depend on the national grid for power

Retail sales decline in June as shoppers spend less in pubs and on clothing, footwear and books

Sales of hardware items and electrical goods role, according to data from the Central Statistics Office

Irish inflation unchanged in July at 1.5% as food and energy prices remain stable

Transport prices, including air fares, jumped by 2% in July alone and by 5.9% over the past year

Up to 50,000 ‘informal’ rental arrangements with mean monthly cost of €806, revealed in study

While these rents ‘may not be required to register with the RTB’, a further 25,000 unregistered arrangements probably should, says CSO report

Irish GDP seen expanding for second straight quarter after 2023 contraction

Economy still smaller than this time last year, CSO says, despite increase in activity among multinationals

CSO reports sharp increase in the numbers travelling at home and abroad

Irish residents took a total of three million domestic overnight trips in first three months of this year

Michael O’Leary, Tony Smurfit, Albert Manifold: Which Irish plc CEOs have the biggest pay packages?

The median chief executive compensation packag was €2 million last year.

Gender segregation undermines efforts to address skills shortages, study finds

Majority of skills shortages identified by Solas occur in occupations which are male dominated

State’s housing targets at risk as new home completions stall

Latest figures indicate there were 6,884 new dwelling completions between April and June this year, a fall of 5.4 per cent on the same period last year

Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim has the highest fertility rate in Ireland, according to CSO data

New figures show lowest fertility rates in urban areas such as Dublin’s inner city

Home purchases by private investors fell last year, says CSO

State bodies purchased 5,778 homes worth €1.9bn, with just €302.5m of property bought by entities registered outside the State

Data centres now account for 21% of all electricity consumption

CSO findings come amid an increasingly heated debate about data centres and their energy demands

Wholesale electricity prices down 72% since peak of energy price shock

Energy prices spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, reaching a peak in August that year

Ireland’s demographic time bomb: too many retirees and too few babies

While birth rates are falling, the number of people aged 65 years and over is accelerating and will reach a record one million by 2030

So we’re going to have a 7m population. I’ve got a plan

The huge productivity gap between the local and foreign business sectors must be bridged by creating a closed-circuit economy

Fall-off in home sales fails to arrest price growth

A total of 12,212 homes were sold between April and June this year, a report by property tech firm Geowox indicates

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