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Cost Of Living

Consumer Price Index rises by more than 5% for 20th consecutive month

Prices rose by 6.6 per cent in the 12 months to May of 2023 according to data released by the Central Statistics Office
  • Emmet Ryan
  • June 8, 2023
Construction

CSO: Construction up 7.5 per cent in first three months of the year

The growth represented a 2.8 per cent increase compared to the same period last year
  • Emmet Ryan
  • June 1, 2023
census 2022

Ten things to take away from Census 2022

Dramatic changes recorded in the realms of population size, religion and education
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • May 30, 2023
Employment

Employment rate reaches record high with 2.6m working - CSO

70 per cent of females under 64 have jobs, the highest number recorded
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • May 24, 2023
Housing

First-time buyers dipped further into savings avoiding loans to secure homes in 2022 - BPFI

House prices have risen at a faster rate than mortgage values, data shows
  • Killian Woods
  • May 24, 2023
Housing

Property price spike slows for 12th consecutive month – CSO

Median price of a house purchased in the year to March was €310,000
  • Business Post
  • May 17, 2023
Cost Of Living

Inflation drops to 7.2% in April but food prices keep on rising

It comes after the government met leading grocery sector retailers on Wednesday to discuss prices being charged to customers in Ireland
  • CĂ³nal Thomas
  • May 11, 2023
Economy

Irish GDP down 2.7 per cent in first quarter

While GDP was up on an annual basis however this was also the first such quarter without year-on-year growth of 10 per cent or more since Q4 of 2020
  • Emmet Ryan
  • April 27, 2023
Inflation

Inflation slows to 7.7% but prices still on the rise - CSO

The latest rise marked the 18th straight month where the Consumer Price Index rose by 5 per cent or more
  • Emmet Ryan
  • April 13, 2023
Housing

Housing inflation continues to slow, but prices still rising above boom-era peak

DĂºn Laoghaire-Rathdown was the most expensive place to buy property in the entire country
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • March 15, 2023
Economy

Ireland’s worse than expected GDP stats help push eurozone into negative growth

While early figures showed Ireland’s GDP expanded by 3.5 per cent at the end of the year, this was later revised down to just 0.3 per cent
  • Bloomberg
  • March 8, 2023
Economy

Ireland’s economic growth figures take major hit as GDP revised downwards

It is predicted that the real economy will contract in the early part of the year before resuming expansion
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • March 3, 2023
Economy

Inflation rises back up to 8% in February

Energy prices in Ireland fell by 0.2 per cent in February bringing the annual rate of energy inflation to just over 29 per cent
  • Business Post
  • March 1, 2023
Travel

Sharp recovery for Irish tourism as number of passengers doubles

1.25 million people visited Ireland in January, a significant rise compared to last year when some Covid restrictions were still in place
  • Emmet Ryan
  • February 27, 2023
Energy

Wholesale electricity prices down 40% in January compared to previous month

CSO figures show that the wholesale cost of electricity is now down nearly a fifth year on year
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 22, 2023
Work

Income for Dublin workers almost 20% higher than national average

Counties in the border and midlands area struggled economically, while the tech industry gave the capital a boost
  • Paul O'Donoghue
  • February 16, 2023
Economics

Inflation continues to ease but prices still 7.8% higher than last year

New data showed January was the 16th successive month in which the annual increase in prices was at least 5 per cent
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 16, 2023
Housing

Home prices increase by 7.8 per cent in December

The annual rate of increase in home prices has continued to slow for a ninth consecutive month
  • Killian Woods
  • February 15, 2023
Housing

CSO hits back against claims its housing figures were out by 6,000

The Central Statistics Office said its new home completions stats were accurate after a construction firm said other data offered a better guide
  • Donal MacNamee
  • February 15, 2023
Business Post's View

Editorial: Poll reveals consumer doom and gloom, but relief may be on horizon

New figures show that the rate of inflation eased slightly in January and there are signs the economy is responding to a series of interest rate hikes
  • Business Post
  • February 5, 2023

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