Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.

You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.

If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.

CSO

Housing Crisis

Dublin’s housing crisis isn’t new - one in four lived in cramped one-room tenements in 1911, data shows

16 hrs ago

8.6k

Housing

Companies and organisations bought up nearly 13,000 houses and apartments last year

1 Jul

16.5k

Property Prices

Residential property prices rose 7.5% in 12 months to April, CSO says

19 Jun

3.9k

summer recreation

Bad weather and lack of public transport among barriers keeping people from nature last summer

6 Jun

10.4k

Tourism figures

Business as usual: Hoteliers chief confident despite further drop in tourism figures

29 May

9.5k

CSO

Number of people in employment rises by 89,900 to hit almost 2.8 million

22 May

8.7k

rising costs

'Cost of a bag of potatoes has doubled': Taoiseach told the cost-of-living crisis hasn't gone away

14 May

21.6k

123

Cost of Living

More than one in six households can't afford a one-week holiday with their children

8 May

14.8k

Growing up in Ireland

Ireland's 25-year-olds experiencing depression and anxiety more than when they were 20

28 Apr

8.1k

Wealth

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown has wealthiest households with €85,000 average income

23 Apr

25.8k

Come Fly With Me

A record 41 million passengers used Ireland's airports last year

17 Apr

5.8k

property price index

Irish property prices are now nearly 20% higher than at the peak of 2007 pre-crash bubble

16 Apr

17.6k

Tourism

Tourism industry doesn't believe the drop in tourists has been that bad (but CSO says it has)

2 Apr

30.8k

crime figures

Drop in murder, robbery and drugs offences last year but increase in sexual offences

26 Mar

5.7k

shake it off

Five years on from pandemic, one in four avoid handshaking and only 6% regret getting a dog

25 Mar

9.3k

Housing Crisis

Number of houses and apartments granted planning permission fell 21% last year compared to 2023

Updated 12 Mar

7.1k

crime stats

Number of burglaries and thefts rose sharply across Ireland last year, new figures show

3 Mar

9.7k

128

Pay Day

Average weekly earnings grew 5.6% year-on-year in final quarter of 2024

25 Feb

5.7k

Central Statistics Office

House prices increased by 8.7% last year - almost double the growth rate in 2023

19 Feb

7.1k

burning a hole in your pocket

Dublin and Cork households have highest disposable income while the Midlands is far behind

5 Feb

11.1k

Not beyond the pale

Counties in Dublin 'commuter belt' to experience highest population growth over next 20 years

29 Jan

14.4k

Bundle of Energy

These are the counties with the highest - and lowest - home energy ratings

Updated 21 Jan

13.3k

CSO

House prices nationally have increased by 157% from their low point in early 2013

18 Dec 2024

9.4k

New Figures

Quarter of workers earned less than €450 per week in 2023

3 Dec 2024

18.0k

112

Central Statistics Office

House prices rise by over 10% in the year to September

20 Nov 2024

7.5k

births and deaths

Number of births in Ireland dropped by 10% in 2022

31 Oct 2024

7.5k

Housing

Harris says housing delivery figure for this year will be 'well upwards towards 40,000'

25 Oct 2024

8.8k

Double Digit Increase

House prices rise by over 10% in the year to August

16 Oct 2024

10.8k

Oireachtas Housing Commitee

Regulator to pursue 1,500 HAP landlords who have not registered tenancies

15 Oct 2024

14.1k

Consumer Price Index

Inflation rate below 2% for the first time in over three years

12 Sep 2024

7.7k

CSO

Highest number of people emigrate from Ireland in almost ten years

Updated 27 Aug 2024

49.3k

160

Housing

Housing completions fall during second quarter amid concerns about Government's annual target

25 Jul 2024

6.1k

CSO

Ongar and Tallaght South have highest birth rates nationwide, while Galway City has the lowest

24 Jul 2024

8.3k

CSO National Accounts Results

Irish economy up 5% according to ‘deglobalized measure’ but down 5.5% when using GDP metric

12 Jul 2024

7.9k

crime stats

Close to 20% rise in robbery, extortion and hijacking offences over the past year

Updated 26 Jun 2024

8.8k

crime statistics

A third of victims of dangerous driving offences leading to death last year were children

30 Apr 2024

5.4k

CSO

Less than four in 10 couples who got married last year had a Catholic ceremony

26 Apr 2024

13.7k

Gender Equality

Fertility, income and the Six Nations: The stats showing the different lives of Irish men and women

13 Mar 2024

12.3k

is ainm dom

Here's what the most popular baby names were in Ireland in 2023

23 Feb 2024

37.4k

House Prices

House prices are now higher than the peak of the Celtic Tiger boom in 2007

21 Feb 2024

18.8k

Load More Stories