CSO Figures Show Tillage Sector Battling to Survive
IFA President Francie Gorman said today’s CSO figures showing the main cereal crops fell by 20% last year is further evidence of the pressures on the sector. In 2023, 2m tonnes of wheat, barley and oats were produced, down 500,000 tonnes on 2022. Potato production was down 12%. “It further highlights the urgency of the […]
Tipperary Carers Provide A Quarter Of A Million Hours Of Care Per Week – Mattie McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has expressed his profound admiration for the Carers of Tipperary after it was found that they provide a staggering 256,120 hours of care per week. This breaks down to an average of 42.1 hours per carer per week: “These statistics which have been provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) only […]
IFA reacts To CSO Preliminary Estimate of Farm Income 2015
Commenting on the CSO Preliminary Estimate of Farm Income 2015, IFA Farm Business Chairman Tom Doyle said, “While the estimates from the CSO show a marginal rise in 2015 in the order of 4%, they really highlight the significant negative impact falling milk prices have had on dairy farm income.” IFA Dairy Chairman Sean […]
Increase in Overseas Visitors To Ireland
We welcome the latest figures released by the CSO outlining an increase of almost 12% in overseas visitors in the past three months. The increase correlates with what we are seeing in the pub trade as more and more tourists are visiting pubs across Ireland. Evidence of this is seen in research conducted amongst VFI […]
Government Failure on Jobs Continues as CSO releases new Figures – Healy
In the 3 months from July to September the number at work declined by 5,800 and the proportion which is long-term unemployed increased once again. Over the year the number in full-time employment had declined by 16,300. In the previous 3 months employment had declined by 8000. But the government is trumpeting a small annual […]
Tourism Ireland Comment on CSO Figures for January-March 2012
Commenting on the CSO figures issued today for overseas visitors to Ireland for the first quarter of 2012, Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said:The results for the first quarter of 2012 are in line with expectations; the global economic landscape of recent months has certainly presented a challenging environment for travel and tourism […]
Tourism Ireland Comment on CSO Figures for 2011
Commenting on the CSO figures issued today for overseas visitor numbers to Ireland for 2011, Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said:“Today’s figures show that, despite the challenges and uncertainty which faced the global economy last year, visitor numbers from overseas for 2011 are almost 8% ahead of 2010. While the final quarter showed a […]
Tourism Ireland Comment On CSO Figures For The January-October 2011 Period
Commenting on the CSO figures issued today for overseas visitor numbers to Ireland for the period January-October 2011, Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland, said:“Today’s figures show that visitor numbers for the year to date (January-October 2011) are now +7.4% ahead of the same ten-month period last year. However, the economic turmoil of recent […]
