Ireland now saves billions of euro each year in two State funds. Here is how much is in them, where the money comes from, when it can be spent, and what it is meant to pay for.

Ireland’s GDP was €602 billion in 2025, but the measure that tracks the real domestic economy, GNI*, was €334 billion. Here is what each number means, why they are so far apart, and which one the State uses for what.

Fibre broadband now reaches 87% of premises in Ireland, and the National Broadband Plan is due to finish its main build in December 2026. These charts and maps show how the rollout has gone, county by county, and what speeds people buy.

Census 2022 asked for the first time how many bedrooms each home has. These charts and maps show the answer by county, and how many people typically live in homes of each size.

Mayo and Kerry are Ireland’s oldest counties, while Kildare and Meath are the youngest. These maps and charts use Census 2022 to show how age differs from county to county.

Census 2022 found 163,433 vacant homes and 66,956 holiday homes in Ireland. These maps and charts show which counties have the most, why homes stand empty and how the picture has changed since 2016.

Ireland had 135,037 farms at the last Census of Agriculture. These charts and maps show where they are, how big they are, what they produce and who farms them, county by county.

Census 2022 figures show the main central heating fuel in every county: oil dominates outside the cities, gas leads in Dublin, and peat is still common in the midlands. Newer surveys show heat pumps spreading in new homes.

EirGrid’s monthly figures show that Ireland uses far more electricity in winter than in summer, sets its demand records on cold evenings, and gets a bigger share of its power from wind.

A pint of stout averaged €6.33 in September 2026. Across the whole of 2010 it averaged under €4. These charts use CSO average prices to show how the cost of a pint, bread, milk, butter and fuel has changed, and what got cheaper in the past year.