The unadjusted exports of goods in August increased by €6.3 billion to €19.5 billion compared with August last year, according to the Central Statistics Office report. The unadjusted imports for August 2022 were valued at €12.5 billion, an increase of more than €4.7 billion on August 2021. Comparing the first eight months of 2022 with … Read more
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the volume of production in the construction industry fell by 4.5% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the first. On an annual basis, there was a 3.2% increase in volume recorded. The largest reduction occurred in the Non-Residential Building sector with a decrease of 6.7% in the seasonally adjusted … Read more
Ireland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August 2022 is increased slightly to 4.3% from a rate of 4.2% in July 2022, according to figures released today from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The new figures show that Ireland’s labour market continues to remain tight amid a growing cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation. July’s rate was Ireland’s lowest … Read more
Two people have died and another has been injured in a collision involving a car transporter and three cars in Carrigaline, Co Cork this morning. The incident happened at 11 am this morning on the N28 Ringaskiddy Road at the Shannon Park roundabout in Carrigaline. The third person has been taken to Cork University Hospital … Read more
Fish landings by Irish vessels in Ireland and foreign ports decreased by 5% between 2020 and 2021 from 217,981 tonnes to 206,068 tonnes, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office. Fish landings by foreign vessels in Ireland decreased by 14% or 19,538 tonnes in 2021. In 2021, the species with the highest quantity … Read more
The amount of goods transported by road during the first three months of the year increased, according to recent data from the Central Statistics Office. In the first three months of 2022, 40.8 million tonnes of products were moved by road, up 19% over the corresponding period in 2021. It also represented an increase of … Read more
According to the Central Statistics Office’s most recent data, autodiesel volumes decreased by 2% in June 2022 compared to the same month previous year. Autodiesel clearances dropped 2% from June 2021 to June 2022, totaling 298 million litres. Compared to June 2018, autodiesel clearances were 1% lower and remained unchanged from June 2019. This is … Read more
According to the most recent data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), less than 30% of Covid-related deaths happened in nursing homes across the nation. 29 percent of Covid deaths between March 2020 and February 2022 occurred in nursing homes, while 59 percent were attributed to general or orthopaedic hospitals. Leitrim reported the lowest Covid … Read more
According to the Central Statistics Office, (CSO) lower-income households in June saw inflation rates of up to 10.3% compared to highest income households’ 8.2%. The CSO has published an update to its first research paper on inflation broken down by various household characteristics up to June 2022. Commenting on the research report, Joseph Keating, … Read more
In the first quarter of 2022, Irish residents travelled domestically overnight 2.3 million times, up 7% over the same period in 2020, the final quarter before the pandemic began, according to the latest figures released from the Central Statistics Office. With 987,000 visitors staying overnight in the south of the nation in the first quarter … Read more
Compared to June 2021, wholesale electricity costs have increased by 91.3 percent, according to data from the June 2022 wholesale pricing index. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) reports that costs have increased for a wide range of products made in Ireland. Wholesale electricity costs increased by 26.9% in June compared to May 2022. Wholesale electricity … Read more
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 9.1% in the year to June 2022, up from an annual increase of 7.8% in the year to May 2022, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show. This is the largest annual increase in the CPI since Quarter 2 1984 when annual inflation was 9.7%. The … Read more
Production in manufacturing industries declined by 3.1% in the three-month period from March 2022 to May 2022, compared to the previous three months. On an annual basis, industrial production was 14.3% less than in the corresponding three-month period of 2021, according to Central Statistics Office (CSO) report. From March to May 2022, production in the … Read more
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June 2022 rose slightly to 4.8%, up from a rate of 4.7% in May 2022 and down from 6.3% in June 2021, according to the Central Statistics Office. The seasonally adjusted number of persons unemployed was 134,900 in June 2022, compared to 128,100 in May 2022. There was a decrease … Read more
Over 4.7 million passengers passed through the State’s five main airports in the first three months of 2022, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The figure was 11 times that of the same period last year, however, remained 21 percent below the first three months of 2020, prior to the outbreak … Read more