Ireland is EU’s most expensive place to shop and second-biggest polluter – CSO

by Hipster_doofus11

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  1. also Ireland was highest in EU for male life expectancy and the number of Stem graduates , so its not all doom and gloom

  2. Most expensive place to shop data is mostly meaningless unless it’s cross referenced against earnings though isn’t it?

    Some really great statistics in there for Ireland though.
    It’s a shame they lead with the “doom and gloom” when there are so many positives.

    I guess people love bitching and moaning rather than seeing the good. Especially on r/ireland.

    – This country turned out the highest number of science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) graduates in the bloc in 2020, at 39.9 per 1,000 persons aged 20-29.

    – Ireland had the highest life expectancy for men in 2020, at 80.8 years of age, more than three years above the EU average of 77.5.

    – Female life expectancy at birth in Ireland was 84.4 years, joint fifth-highest in the EU (with Cyprus) and just over a year more than the EU average of 83.2 years.

    – Healthy life expectancy in Ireland – the number of years a person can expect to live in a healthy state – was fifth-highest in the EU.

    – The number of new dwellings completed rose by 508pc between 2012 and 2022, from 4,911 to 29,851, the CSO said, with apartments making up the bulk of the increase.

    – Ireland had the second-lowest divorce rate in the EU in 2020, at 0.6 divorces per 1,000 people, below the EU average of 1.6.

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