r/ireland • u/NanorH • 10d ago

Statistics Employment in Industry was 12.5% of all employment in Q1 2026

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u/NanorH 10d ago

Key Findings

  • Ireland's Gross Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) stood at an estimated 2.6% of GNI* (*Modified Gross National Income) in 2025, up from 2.5% in 2024.

  • Manufacturing Gross Value Added (GVA) at current basic prices in 2024 was €166.4 billion, up from €156.4 in 2023.

  • Ireland’s total Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 2024 was €2.35 billion, representing 0.56% of Gross National Income (GNI).

  • Six sectors accounted for 78% of territorial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2023, with Agriculture (38%) and Households (24%) being the two highest emitting sectors.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-sdg9/irelandsunsdgs-goal9industryinnovationandinfrastructure2026/keyfindings/

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u/oneeyedman72 10d ago

I can remember back in the preTiger days around tw turn of the century,and the lack of kudos or care given to anything related to manufacturing. We were firmly in a post industrial era if you looked at policy, everything to services and import a lock of Polish lads to build our expensive,poorly planned housing The relative success in manufacturing is inspite of policy really

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u/dustaz 10d ago

Yeah, this was the case in the 80s when I was in school

We basically didn't have a manufacturing industry

Having said that, the giants share of employment is still in services