Transport Public transport use at highest rate this year as fare discounts come into effectNumber of Luas passengers has highest spike since pandemic began while number of bicycles in capital is 70% higher than last year
Remote work Irish households 5.6km on average from nearest remote working hubCSO noted that there were major disparities in distance when comparing urban and rural homes
Data centre energy use in Ireland increased 32% last yearMore energy in Ireland is now consumed by data centres than by all the country’s rural dwellings combined
Irish energy prices rose almost 40% in past 12 monthsLatest consumer price index for Ireland shows that rates of price inflation across the board in Ireland have also risen since March 2022
State records €3.5bn budget surplus in final quarter of 2021Deficit of €8.1 billion was recorded for full year
Inflation rises to 21-year high as energy prices soarThe annual rate of inflation in Ireland rose by 5.6 per cent last month
Inflation eased to 5% in January for first time in 14 monthsPetrol and diesel prices rose by 29.5 and 32 per cent
Exports hit record high of €165 billion in 2021 Trade between the Republic and Northern Ireland also dramatically increased in the year since Brexit
Data centre electricity consumption increased 144% since 2015Data centres now consume almost the same amount of Ireland’s electricity as all rural dwellings in the country combined
Dan O’Brien: Cautious optimism in economic forecast as euro-wide rebound gives cause for hopeThe Irish economy continues to expand – and while the Omicron effect is not yet known and the OECD notes that the rebound conceals permanent ‘structural changes’, overall the forecast is good
‘Particularly low vaccine uptake’ among foreign workers in agriculture, forestry and fishingVaccination rates were at 26 per cent among workers from Eastern Europe working in some industries, according to the Central Statistics Office
Almost 1.2m people working for Irish multinationals abroadThe largest proportion are working in the United States, according to the CSO
New CSO ‘wellbeing dashboard’ will include high housing costsThe Central Statistics Office has been developing a new way of measuring quality of life beyond economic figures
New home completions return to pre-pandemic levelsMore than 5,000 new builds were finished in the second quarter of this year, an increase on the same period in 2019
Transport and ICT lead growth in services sectorThe Central Statistics Office’s Service Index showed a 2.8 per cent rise in economic output in February
Analysis: Full extent of Brexit’s impact on business is becoming clearThe drop in activity recorded in new CSO figures, including a 65 per cent hit to imports, is substantial and sobering
New CSO figures set to show large drop in trade with BritainThe Central Statistics Office’s first economic data since Brexit occurred is likely to show a fall in both imports and exports
Ian Guider: We have the money but where is the plan to get back to work?The state does not need to be concerned about the deficit for now but it does need to worry about businesses and jobs