When it comes to total population rise (i.e. natural change plus migration), Ireland had the fourth highest relative rise in population in the EU in 2016 (+10.6 per 1,000 residents). This meant Ireland had a total population rise of just over 50,000 in 2016 bringing it to 4,774,800 on 1 January 2017. Ireland had the […]
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Living in Ireland
Irish Economy 2017
The Irish economy is showing good signs of continuing recovery. In 2016 real GDP grew by 5.2%, well above the euro area average. The European Economic Forecast said that some of the impressive headline GDP figures are still heavily distorted by the activities of large multinationals . However , domestic activity appears to have been […]
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UK Jobs Moving to Ireland
Brexit is on the way – and already some big businesses are planning to move staff out of London to other EU countries – with Ireland being one of the popular choices. JP Morgan announced their intention to move hundreds of London banking jobs to Dublin after Brexit. The numbers moving could grow even more […]
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Religion in Ireland
Ireland has been a mainly Catholic country for many years – but the number of people who still call themselves Catholic has gradually declined in recent decades. In 2016 – the census recorded that there were 78.3% of the population of Ireland who identified themselves as Roman Catholic. This is a total of 3.73 million […]
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House Rental Ireland
Rental Costs in Ireland About 750,000 Irish people live in rented houses and apartments. That number is increasing every day. Almost 10,000 tenants join the rental sector every month. Rents increased in Ireland during 2015 and 2016 – across all 35 counties. For some counties, particularly in the west , there was an increase in […]
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