Celtic tribes arrived on the island between 600 and 150 B.C. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian BORU defeated the Danes in 1014. Norman invasions began in the 12th century and set off more than seven centuries of Anglo-Irish struggle marked by fierce rebellions and harsh repressions. The Irish famine of the mid-19th century was responsible for a drop in the island's population by more than one quarter through starvation, disease, and emigration. For more than a century afterward, the population of the island continued to fall only to begin growing again in the 1960s. Over the last 50 years, Ireland's high birthrate has made it demographically one of the youngest populations in the EU.

Ireland was neutral in World War II and continues its policy of military neutrality. Ireland joined the European Community in 1973 and the euro-zone currency union in 1999. The economic boom years of the Celtic Tiger (1995-2007) saw rapid economic growth, which came to an abrupt end in 2008 with the meltdown of the Irish banking system. As a small, open economy, Ireland has excelled at courting foreign direct investment, especially from US multi-nationals, which helped the economy recover from the financial crisis and insolated it from the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: The CIA World Factbook - Ireland



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Kennzahlen

Fläche
70,273 km2
Bevölkerung
5,275,004 (2022 est.)
Regierungsform
parliamentary republic
Sprachen
English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official, spoken by approximately 39.8% of the population as of 2016; mainly spoken in areas along Ireland's western coast known as gaeltachtai
BIP
$447.97 billion (2020 est.)
Wachstumsrate
3.4% (2020 est.)
HDI
2
Hauptstadt
Dublin

Makroökonomische Indikatoren

Against the backdrop of high COVID-19 vaccination rates, the full reopening of the economy is boosting a broad-based recovery, with GDP projected to increase by 4.8% in 2022 and 2.7% in 2023. Business conditions underpin sizeable employment gains, while household excess savings and wage increases support consumer spending. However, surging inflationary pressures, caused by disruptions in global supply chains and geopolitical concerns, will cut households’ real income and dampen consumption growth.
 
Amidst current headwinds, the government acted to cushion households from high energy prices and ensure assistance to refugees. Additional fiscal measures should better target poorer households, particularly in the event of further food price increases. At the same time, allocating windfall corporate tax receipts to specific contingency funds would help support fiscal sustainability.
 

Source: OECD - Economic Forcast

IMF Statistics:

  

Subject descriptor 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Gross domestic product, constant prices

Percent change

(Units)

15.125

9.433

-3.199

1.466

2.453

Gross domestic product, current prices

Percent change

(Billions)

513.733

533.559

545.787

564.020

586.864

Gross domestic product per capita, current prices

Percent change

(Units)

101,965.621

103,290.607

104,272.075

106,058.582

109,153.379

Inflation, average consumer prices

Percent change

(Units)

2.413

8.049

5.209

2.380

2.000

Volume of imports of goods and services

Percent change

(Units)

-7.507

15.901

0.406

2.470

3.500

Volume of exports of goods and services

Percent change

(Units)

15.103

13.922

-4.762

3.000

3.000

Unemployment rate

Percent change

(Units)

6.242

4.450

4.317

4.385

4.454

Current account balance

Percent change

(Billions)

70.458

57.528

53.856

58.563

56.582

Current account balance

Percent change

(Units)

13.715

10.782

9.868

10.383

9.641

Estimates

Source: IMF Statistics - Ireland


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Existing conventions and agreements

Non double taxation agreement 

Air Services agreement

  • Agreement frm 07.27.1954 (Memorial 1955, p. 455)
  • Effective as of 28.02.1955 (Memorial 1955, p. 632)
  • Exchange of Notes from 30.9./19.10.1957

Source: Administration des contributions directes


Weitere Informationen

Foreign Trade

The Statec Foreign Trade statistics provide information on the trade of goods - by product and by country. This information is collected respectively through the INTRASTAT declaration and on the basis of customs documents.

You can see the statistics on the website of the Statec.

Contact points in Ireland

Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Ireland

Ambassador: H. E. Ms Florence ENSCH

Pending the establishment of a resident Luxembourg Embassy in Dublin, please contact the Embassy via dublin.amb@mae.etat.lu / https://dublin.mae.lu.

 

Honorary Consul

Honorary Consul with jurisdiction in Ireland:

Mr Ivan HEALY 

30 Upper Pembroke Street
DO2 NT28
Dublin
Ireland

Tel.: (+353) 1 608 7765
E-Mail: dublin@consul-hon.lu 

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxemburg 

Country risk as defined by Office du Ducroire for Ireland

Ducroire is the only credit insurer covering open account deals in over 200 countries. A rating on a scale from 1 to 7 shows the intensity of the political risk. Category 1 comprises countries with the lowest political risk and category 7 countries with the highest. Macroeconomics experts also assess the repayment climate for all buyers in a country.

Link: Ducroire Office - Country Risk for Ireland

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