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The numbers receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment have fallen sharply as more businesses reopened

Numbers receiving income support down 8.7% in July

Business / 07 Aug

Tuesday and Wednesday were the busiest days for people to go on journeys, new CSO figures show

Tuesday and Wednesday busiest days for journeys - CSO

Business / 29 Jul

Sales of food rose by 19% in June, new CSO retail sales figures show

Retail sales see biggest monthly increase in June - CSO

Business / 28 Jul

Of the 57,100 people arriving in Ireland, 40,200 (70.4%) arrived by air

'Extraordinary collapse' in overseas travel - CSO

Coronavirus / 28 Jul

Public transport volumes are recovering at a much slower rate than road traffic amid the Covid-19 crisis

Public transport sees slower recovery than road traffic

Business / 27 Jul

Dublin Port accounted for 73.6% of all vessel arrivals in Irish ports in the first three months of the year

Goods handled by Irish ports down 5.2% in Q1

Business / 23 Jul

Home prices fell by 0.1% on a monthly basis for the second month in a row, new CSO figures show

House price inflation falls to 0.3% amid virus lockdown

Business / 15 Jul

June saw lower prices for petrol and diesel with overall transport costs down 1.7%, new CSO figures show

Inflation falls year-on-year for 3rd month in a row

Business / 09 Jul

Electric and hybrid vehicles accounted for 18.7% of new private cars licensed in the first six month of the year, new CSO figures show

New car sales down over 43% in June - CSO

Business / 08 Jul

An empty M50 motorway devoid of traffic near the Red Cow junction in Dublin

Car volumes on Irish roads down by 70% during lockdown

Business / 03 Jul

The total value of wage subsidies paid out under the TWSS has now reached €1.878 billion, including €149m in income tax refunds

410,000 remain on Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme

Business / 02 Jul

Today's figures reflect the first two stages of the economy's gradual re-opening with the Covid-19 adjusted jobless rate falling to 22.5% in June

Covid-19 adjusted jobless rate falls to 22.5% in June

Business / 30 Jun

Retail sales jumped by 29.5% in May compared to April as more businesses started to re-open

May retail sales rebound, but 26% lower year-on-year

Business / 29 Jun

There were just 28,300 arrivals in May and 36,300 departures compared with monthly travel of more than 1.8 million in each direction the same time last year

Overseas travel figures sink by 98% in May - CSO

Business / 29 Jun

Average annual earnings increased to €40,283 last year, from €38,871 in 2018, new CSO figures show

Average annual earnings rose by 3.6% last year - CSO

Business / 26 Jun

57% of people surveyed feel either 'uncomfortable' or 'very uncomfortable' with going to pubs, even with two metre social distancing

People uncomfortable about pubs, travel, big events

Business / 25 Jun

59.9% of the CSO's survey respondents rated their personal compliance with government advice and guidelines as high, compared to 80.6% in April

Women more compliant with guidelines than men - CSO

Business / 24 Jun

58.1% of construction businesses restarted trading last month, new CSO figures show

Almost nine in ten businesses trading by end of May

Business / 23 Jun

Social networking increased in March - rising to 68% from 66% in January, new CSO figures show

Internet usage increased during March Covid-19 lockdown

Science and Technology / 19 Jun

Data for March shows a drop of 57.5% in passenger numbers compared to the same month in 2019 due to Covid-19 restrictions

Drop of 1.5 million passengers at Irish airports in Q1

Business / 17 Jun

Covid-19 restrictions reduced the number of transactions available to include in the CSO's figures to about 1,200 - down over 40% on March

Property sales slow by 40% in April due to Covid-19

Business / 17 Jun

Exports slump by 32% in April, while imports decrease by 11%, new CSO figures show

Exports fall by 32% in April amid Covid-19 shutdowns

Business / 15 Jun

Planning permissions were granted for a total of 9,698 apartments compared to 2,592 in the first quarter of 2019

Number of apartment units approved soars 274% in Q1

Business / 12 Jun

Today's CSO figures show that clothing and footwear prices were down 5.4% in May compared to the same time last year

Inflation rate falls to five year low in May - CSO

Business / 11 Jun

Young adults are experiencing the greatest decline in well-being as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

Younger adults report greatest decline in well-being

Business / 10 Jun

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