Supported cities
24
City profiles indexed for Ireland.
Western Europe
Ireland Country Intelligence Hub
Ireland's profile combines strong technology services, growing renewable wind capacity, and high housing pressure in major cities. Ireland is indexed at the country level in Western Europe, with 24 city profiles linked below.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Country code
- IE
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Ireland country overview
Snapshot of structured Ireland city intelligence and which verified utility layers are available on this hub.
Ireland country overview
Emergency profile
Fallback
Verified emergency data is not available; fallback context is shown.
Healthcare profile
Fallback
Verified healthcare data is not available; fallback context is shown.
Transport profile
Fallback
Verified transport data is not available; fallback context is shown.
Related comparisons
3
Curated city-vs-city comparison pages that reference this country.
Related collections
0
Best Cities collections that include at least one city from this country.
Data year
2025
Reference year for the country intelligence dataset.
Last updated
2026-05-16
Most recent platform-side review of the country hub.
Tech-services depth
Globally cited
Software and finance ecosystems shape opportunity in major cities.
Renewable resource
Wind-led
Onshore and offshore wind support transition direction.
Affordability pressure
High
Housing-cost pressure is the main resident well-being constraint in major cities.
Ireland data table
Country pages group cities into crawlable clusters and give national context without replacing city-level comparisons.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Region | Western Europe | Used for geographic clustering and regional comparisons. |
| Indexed cities | 24 | Ennis, Bray, Drogheda, Dundalk, Swords, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford, Killarney, Kilkenny, Sligo, Athlone, Westport, Tralee, Letterkenny, Carlow, Naas, Mullingar, Wexford, Balbriggan, Dún Laoghaire, Clonmel |
| Tech-services depth | Globally cited | Software and finance ecosystems shape opportunity in major cities. |
| Renewable resource | Wind-led | Onshore and offshore wind support transition direction. |
| Affordability pressure | High | Housing-cost pressure is the main resident well-being constraint in major cities. |
Indexed cities in Ireland
Each linked city page includes its own metadata, data table, source block, module links, and any verified utility layers.
Indexed cities in Ireland
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Ennis
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Ennis profile to compare affordability, airport access, and nature-gateway dimensions alongside Limerick, Galway, and Killarney.
Overall67/100
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Bray
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Bray profile to compare affordability, commuter access, and coastal nature dimensions alongside Dublin, Cork, and Galway.
Overall66/100
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Drogheda
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Drogheda profile to compare transport access, cost framing, and coastal climate-adaptation context alongside Dublin, Dundalk-adjacent regional peers, and other east-coast settlements.
Overall59/100
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Dundalk
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Dundalk profile to compare transport access, healthcare framing, and cross-border cost context alongside Dublin and other east-coast Irish peers.
Overall57/100
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Swords
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Swords profile to compare transport access, housing cost framing, and metropolitan growth context alongside Dublin and other Leinster peers.
Overall58/100
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Dublin
Ireland / Western Europe
Read Dublin as a services-led capital where opportunity and connectivity balance housing-cost pressure.
Overall81/100
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Cork
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Cork profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Dublin and other Western-European mid-size cities.
Overall74/100
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Galway
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Galway profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Dublin and Cork.
Overall74/100
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Limerick
Ireland / Northern Europe
Use this record as a regional planning anchor while deeper source integration is pending. Verify access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources before relying on the page for travel decisions.
Overall50/100
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Waterford
Ireland / Northern Europe
Use this record as a regional planning anchor while deeper source integration is pending. Verify access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources before relying on the page for travel decisions.
Overall50/100
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Killarney
Ireland / Munster
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
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Kilkenny
Ireland / Leinster
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
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Sligo
Ireland / Connacht
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
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Athlone
Ireland / Leinster
Use this record as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, verifying access, transport, and seasonal context with official sources.
Overall50/100
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Westport
Ireland / County Mayo
Westport serves as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, with access, transport, and seasonal details best verified through official sources.
Overall50/100
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Tralee
Ireland / County Kerry
Tralee works as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, with access, transport, and seasonal details best confirmed through official sources.
Overall50/100
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Letterkenny
Ireland / County Donegal
Letterkenny serves as a planning anchor for local-first research and nearby weekend-rest discovery, with access, transport, and seasonal details best verified through official sources.
Overall50/100
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Carlow
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Carlow profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Ireland and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall65/100
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Naas
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Naas profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Ireland and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall62/100
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Mullingar
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Mullingar profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Ireland and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall61/100
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Wexford
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Wexford profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Ireland and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall64/100
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Balbriggan
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Balbriggan profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Ireland and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall60/100
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Dún Laoghaire
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Dún Laoghaire profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Ireland and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall63/100
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Clonmel
Ireland / Western Europe
Use the Clonmel profile to compare affordability, livability, and economic indicators against other indexed cities in Ireland and across Western Europe, and to explore nearby nature and weekend destinations.
Overall61/100
Country indicators
Source-attributed country-level indicators for Ireland, drawn from the World Bank Development Indicators. Use the cards and table together to compare scale, unit, and data year for each metric.
Country indicators for Ireland
VerifiedOfficial dataLast updated 2026-04-08 · data year 2024
How to read these country indicators
Reading guideCountry-level, not city-level
Indicators describe national context. Pair them with city profiles, comparisons, and verified utility layers (emergency, healthcare, transport) for local detail.
Source-attributed where available
Values come from the World Bank Development Indicators. Where no verified record exists, the platform shows a transparent fallback rather than a guessed number.
Different indicators, different years
Each record carries its own data year because publishers refresh indicators on their own cadence. The card and table both display the year alongside the value.
Context, not a ranking
Treat indicators as orientation, not as a leaderboard. The platform never claims any country is best, safest, cleanest, richest, healthiest, or most connected.
Read alongside city intelligence
Country indicators are most useful when combined with the city profiles in the country, the public-safety, healthcare, and transport sections, and the methodology and data-sources pages.
For full construction details, read the methodology page and the data sources registry.
Economic context
National-level economic signals to read alongside city-level cost and services pages.
GDP per capita
Verified112,894.95current US$Economic context only — not a cost-of-living score or a household-income measure.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Unemployment rate
Verified4.63percentModeled ILO labor-market context — not a guarantee of job availability for any specific worker.
Data year 2025 updated 2026-04-08
Population and urban context
National scale and urbanisation context; pair with city profiles for local detail.
Population
Verified5,395,790peopleNational scale only — not a city population value or a measure of urban density.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Urban population share
Verified64.35percentShare of population living in urban areas — not a quality-of-life or urban-form measure.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Digital access context
Connectivity context drawn from World Bank usage and subscription indicators.
Internet usage
Verified97.19percentShare of population that uses the internet — not a measure of connection speed or quality.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Fixed broadband subscriptions
Verified32.3per 100 peopleFixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people — not a measure of overall internet quality or speed.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Health context
National health-system context; not a substitute for verified city-level healthcare layers.
Life expectancy
Verified83.01yearsNational health-context indicator — not individual health guidance.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Health expenditure per capita
Verified7,394.85current US$Per-capita spending context — not a measure of healthcare quality or access for any individual.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
Environment context
National emissions context; read separately from city-level air-quality data.
CO₂ emissions per capita
Verified6.04metric tons per capitaNational emissions context — not a city-level air-quality measurement.
Data year 2024 updated 2026-04-08
| Indicator | Value | Unit | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,395,790 | people | 2024 | Verified |
| Internet usage | 97.19 | percent | 2024 | Verified |
| Urban population share | 64.35 | percent | 2024 | Verified |
| GDP per capita | 112,894.95 | current US$ | 2024 | Verified |
| Life expectancy | 83.01 | years | 2024 | Verified |
| Health expenditure per capita | 7,394.85 | current US$ | 2024 | Verified |
| Unemployment rate | 4.63 | percent | 2025 | Verified |
| CO₂ emissions per capita | 6.04 | metric tons per capita | 2024 | Verified |
| Fixed broadband subscriptions | 32.3 | per 100 people | 2024 | Verified |
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal City Intelligence — country indicators dataset
Verified- Publisher
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- Last verified
- 2026-04-08
Methodology and context
Country indicator values appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted publishers and validated at build time. Malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Cited references: World Bank
Emergency and public safety in Ireland
Verified emergency contacts for Ireland, drawn from official emergency services and government publishers. Use these as a starting point and confirm current details with local authorities before traveling or relocating.
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Ireland
Verified national healthcare information for Ireland, drawn from official government and public health publishers. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Ireland
Verified national transport context for Ireland, attributed to official transport ministries, national operators, and aviation authorities. This is informational only; routes, fares, and schedules change frequently — check the linked authorities for current details.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
Related city comparisons for Ireland
Curated city-vs-city comparisons that include at least one city from Ireland. Each link opens a comparison page with structured indicators across cost, safety, healthcare, transport, and country context.
Related city comparisons for Ireland
Europe · Relocation
Dublin vs Edinburgh: Cost, Safety, Healthcare & Transport
Compare Dublin and Edinburgh across cost of living, air quality, safety, healthcare, transport, and country context for English-speaking European relocation.
Europe · Relocation
Belfast vs Dublin: Cost, Safety, Healthcare & Transport
Pair Belfast and Dublin for a cross-border Ireland comparison across cost framing, transport access, healthcare context, and country-level intelligence — useful for English-speaking European relocation review.
Europe · Regional alternative
Cork vs Galway: Cost, Safety, Healthcare & Transport
Compare Cork and Galway as Irish regional cities across cost framing, transport access, and country-level public-service context.
Best Cities collections featuring Ireland
Curated city collections that include at least one Ireland city. Each collection is a comparison-oriented shortlist, not an official ranking.
Best Cities collections featuring Ireland
No curated city collections currently reference Ireland cities. Browse the Best Cities collections index for related shortlists.
Rankings featuring Ireland cities
Explore rankings where supported Ireland city profiles appear. Use rankings as directional city intelligence, not an official government ranking.
Rankings featuring Ireland cities
Ranking
Overall City Intelligence Ranking
A balanced ranking of cities across affordability, air quality, clean-energy readiness, and resilience.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
Ranking
Best Cities for Quality of Life
Cities that combine strong services, mobility, safety, clean air, and resilience into a healthy day-to-day profile.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
Ranking
Best Cities for Remote Workers
Cities that combine fast connectivity, safety, healthy day-to-day life, and a manageable cost-of-living balance for remote and hybrid workers.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
Ranking
Cleanest Air Cities
A health-oriented comparison of city air-quality scores using WHO-centered pollutant interpretation.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
Ranking
Most Affordable Global Cities
Cities ranked by cost-of-living score, weighing housing pressure, essential spending, and household offsets across global metros.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
Ranking
Best Connected Cities
Cities ranked by internet speed, mobile coverage, and digital-readiness depth for residents, businesses, and remote workers.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
Ranking
Energy Ready City Ranking
A ranking of city energy-transition readiness, grid resilience, clean-resource potential, and adaptation capacity.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
Ranking
Affordability Balance Ranking
A practical affordability ranking that weighs housing pressure against transport access, services, and opportunity density.
24 cities from Ireland appears in this ranking
See the full rankings directory for every available structured ranking.
Interpretation and methodology note
Across 24 indexed cities, Dublin leads at 81/100 and Letterkenny sits at 50/100. Use the country page as a parent context layer; module-level detail lives on each city profile. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 5 institutional references.
Structured indicators on this hub are directional and intended for orientation. Verified utility layers — emergency, healthcare, transport — are attributed to official publishers where available and use transparent fallback states where verified country-level data is not yet integrated.
- Cities directory — browse every indexed city profile.
- All countries — navigate to other country hubs.
- City comparisons — curated city-vs-city pages with structured indicators.
- Best Cities collections — comparison-oriented shortlists by intent.
- All rankings — structured rankings across city intelligence categories.
- Read the scoring methodology for the scoring model used across modules.
- Browse all data sources for the source registry behind verified layers.
- Travel budget calculator — plan a trip budget for cities in Ireland. Use your own trip inputs and then review city, public safety, healthcare, and transport context. Planning estimator only, not an official travel cost estimate.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
5 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- European Environment Agency: Air Quality Status Report
Used where European city comparisons need monitored air-quality context.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- International Energy Agency: Empowering Urban Energy Transitions
Used to ground energy-readiness scoring in international transition guidance.