Author: News Desk

These charts rank every part of the Consumer Price Index by how much prices rose in the 12 months to September 2026, and show the five-year change since September 2021.

A snapshot of Ireland in 2026 from the latest official figures: population, jobs, inflation, rents, house prices, new homes, migration and births, each set against 2025.

Budget 2027 did not include an electricity credit, so none is due on bills in winter 2026/27. Here is what Budget 2027 does pay out once, from the Christmas Bonus to a €500 disability payment, and the lasting changes that cut heating costs.

These charts show which months see the most births in Ireland, how many babies arrive each day, and how the yearly total has fallen since the 2009 peak.

Most weekly social welfare payments rise by €10 in January 2027. Here are the old and new rates for pensions, jobseekers, carers, illness, disability and families, plus the payments that do not change.

How Irish schools get special education teachers and special needs assistants, what each one does, the class sizes in special classes, whether your child needs a diagnosis, and what Budget 2027 adds.

How the Department of Education decides how many teachers a primary school gets, what the average class size really is, why the pupil-teacher ratio is a different number, and how Ireland compares with other OECD countries.

The five grounds on which a school can excuse a pupil from studying Irish, what changed in 2019 and 2022, how to apply and appeal, and what an exemption does not cover, such as college entry.

How an Irish apprenticeship is structured, the minimum pay for a construction apprentice in each year, who pays during college blocks, the entry rules, and how many people are signing up.

Hot School Meals are now open to every primary school, with about 550,000 children getting a hot lunch. Here is how the scheme grew, what it costs per meal, what a new review found, and the changes coming.