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CSO

Transport

Public transport use at highest rate this year as fare discounts come into effect

Number of Luas passengers has highest spike since pandemic began while number of bicycles in capital is 70% higher than last year
  • Eva Short
  • June 13, 2022
Remote work

Irish households 5.6km on average from nearest remote working hub

CSO noted that there were major disparities in distance when comparing urban and rural homes
  • Eva Short
  • May 25, 2022

Data centre energy use in Ireland increased 32% last year

More energy in Ireland is now consumed by data centres than by all the country’s rural dwellings combined
  • Eva Short
  • May 3, 2022

Irish energy prices rose almost 40% in past 12 months

Latest consumer price index for Ireland shows that rates of price inflation across the board in Ireland have also risen since March 2022
  • Eva Short
  • April 29, 2022

State records €3.5bn budget surplus in final quarter of 2021

Deficit of €8.1 billion was recorded for full year
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • April 21, 2022

Inflation rises to 21-year high as energy prices soar

The annual rate of inflation in Ireland rose by 5.6 per cent last month
  • Cónal Thomas
  • March 10, 2022

Inflation eased to 5% in January for first time in 14 months

Petrol and diesel prices rose by 29.5 and 32 per cent
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 17, 2022

Exports hit record high of €165 billion in 2021

Trade between the Republic and Northern Ireland also dramatically increased in the year since Brexit
  • Cónal Thomas
  • February 15, 2022

Data centre electricity consumption increased 144% since 2015

Data centres now consume almost the same amount of Ireland’s electricity as all rural dwellings in the country combined
  • Eva Short
  • January 20, 2022

Dan O’Brien: Cautious optimism in economic forecast as euro-wide rebound gives cause for hope

The 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
  • Dan O'Brien
  • December 5, 2021

‘Particularly low vaccine uptake’ among foreign workers in agriculture, forestry and fishing

Vaccination rates were at 26 per cent among workers from Eastern Europe working in some industries, according to the Central Statistics Office
  • Eva Short
  • October 28, 2021

Almost 1.2m people working for Irish multinationals abroad

The largest proportion are working in the United States, according to the CSO
  • Eva Short
  • August 27, 2021

New CSO ‘wellbeing dashboard’ will include high housing costs

The Central Statistics Office has been developing a new way of measuring quality of life beyond economic figures
  • Michael Brennan
  • August 1, 2021

New home completions return to pre-pandemic levels

More than 5,000 new builds were finished in the second quarter of this year, an increase on the same period in 2019
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • July 29, 2021

Transport and ICT lead growth in services sector

The Central Statistics Office’s Service Index showed a 2.8 per cent rise in economic output in February
  • Eva Short
  • April 2, 2021

Analysis: Full extent of Brexit’s impact on business is becoming clear

The drop in activity recorded in new CSO figures, including a 65 per cent hit to imports, is substantial and sobering
  • Aiden Corkery
  • March 18, 2021

New CSO figures set to show large drop in trade with Britain

The Central Statistics Office’s first economic data since Brexit occurred is likely to show a fall in both imports and exports
  • Aiden Corkery
  • March 15, 2021

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
  • Ian Guider
  • January 10, 2021

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