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    1. No_Donkey456 on

      And lichtenstein only has like 40,000 and Malta only has 560,000ish people – so measuring growth in them in percentages is a little misleading.

      2% of 40,00 is nothing!

      We are definitely having the most difficulty with population growth in Europe.

    2. mini-maxi-123 on

      Seeing that the 2 countries ahead of us are Tax havens and the continuous stories of the wealth and millionaire flight from the UK, get ready to be priced out of any affordable housing for a generation

    3. Ten people moving to Liechtenstein, would probably be seen as a massive increase in population.

    4. For all of the years available in this data set, save for 2017, 2022, and 2023, Ireland was in the top 5 countries for population growth.

    5. smallirishwolfhound on

      Absolute insanity that, unless all these immigrants are construction workers and tradies, will only add upwards pressure to an already constrained housing market.

    6. People want to move here because we’re kind and we generally look after each other. The reason we do that is because our communities are tightly knit and education is the highest in the world (the only country where a college degree is the majority).

      This gives us extraordinary leverage to recruit the best talent.

      That will not work in our favour unless we can be selective about who comes into the country.

      This is a conversation that the extremes want to hijack. On one side are the racists, on the other are those who want to call anyone racist who doesn’t allow everyone.

      The rest of us should consider sensible policies. 

      For example, the open visa program for Brazilians makes zero sense. It drives wages down for locals who would otherwise reasonably receive living wages, especially in the service trades. On the other side, we have too many people without skills or even ability to work coming in and abusing the asylum process.

      We should be, in my opinion, accepting the very best of the best in trades that require skill and where there’s a serious gap that cannot be filled domestically (not just because of wages). This includes medical staff and building trades.

      Otherwise, it should be hard to come into the country. It should be low supply and high demand. New Zealand uses this advantageously to recruit top talent.

    7. Optimal_Pool9371 on

      We should be aiming to stabilise population growth. Growth in of itself is not a positive thing.

    8. The birth rate continues to fall. The population is growing at a dangerous rate. We don’t have the houses to home people, doctor and dentist capacity to treat people, school and creche places to educate and care for children. We’re racing into a disaster and our legislators are acting like we are prosperous enough to figure it out before the whole thing goes kaput.

    9. Immigration absolutely needs to be put on hold until the housing crisis is no longer a crisis. Anyone who disagrees is simply a virtue signalling.

    10. We have robust public services like Healthcare, Transport, Education and Housing so I think we need to import more people

    11. Difficult-Worry-2649 on

      We have D4’s favourite economist (David McWilliams) saying on his podcast a few days ago that immigration needs to be halved (at the very least) for us to escape a worsening housing crisis.

      Even establishment figures like David McWilliams and Ivan Yates are beginning to notice that our current situation is nothing short of utter insanity.

      Anyone who isn’t acknowledging what an unsustainable position we are in right now is either slow, ideologically captured or has ulterior motives.

    12. BlueBucket0 on

      Fastest growing non micro state. Malta and Lichtenstein can be somewhat distorted by small numbers.

    13. AnCearrbhach on

      Funnily enough I saw another unsourced graph earlier today that had Spain at #1

    14. Our population is declining this population growth isn’t from birth rates it’s from immigration into Ireland and as soon as there is a economy crisis and the money dries up you’ll see a mass exodus from this country

    15. Borders need to be closed for some time to stabilise the current situation, it’s simply ridiculous.

    16. Future-Cat2521 on

      I just don’t how that is true. I best start Googling or just take a walk through my town. I just can’t figure it out

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