Dublin's south docklands is home to a huge amount of multinational companies that are driving Ireland's GDP growth. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) cautioned that its estimate of GDP growth for 2025 was preliminary and based on “incomplete” data sources. Irish GDP growth is expected to slow significantly next year as the front-loading effect unwinds. The department has forecast modified domestic demand (MDD), a more accurate measure of the domestic economy, to expand by 3 per cent in 2025. The CSO’s preliminary estimate of growth for last year was ahead of the Department of Finance’s forecast for 11 per cent GDP growth.

Source: The Irish Times January 30, 2026 00:02 UTC