NUTS-3 IE062 · Ireland
Population
787,2872025
GDP
€42,463M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,895.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
IE062 · IE042
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mid-East (Opportunity 77). Runner-up: West (68). Contrarian pick: West — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 96).
#1Mid-East
Strengths
Demographic outlook (97) · Industrial base (94)
Red flags
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Mid-East
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 1) — West may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Mid-East leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
77.2
67.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
34.3
31.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.8
57.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.3
49.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.0
81.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
87.0
86.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
6.3% 5y
6.7% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
1.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.8% 5y
0.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€53,935
€59,174
Population density
114 /km²
36 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€40,432M
€29,129M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€844M
€380M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€14,896M
€12,088M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€14,361M
€11,219M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,336M
€1,193M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,682M
€5,822M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,100
€26,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,800 PPS
50,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,100
€59,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€79,048M
€7,935M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19,258M
€2,209M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€82,802M
€18,607M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,587M
€1,757M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,155M
€1,486M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,716M
€4,736M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,958M
€4,911M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€40,223M
€28,890M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€145,800
€136,135
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,878M
€5,875M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
324,030
250,020
Self-employed persons
47,870
43,120
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,800
38,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
77.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.5%
13.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
427,000
276,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
53,611
35,534
Enterprise births
6,590
3,755
Enterprise deaths
7,418
4,709
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.6%
6.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
63.0%
53.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
70.4%
61.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.1%
13.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
36.9%
27.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.4%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
92.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,547,284
5,692,982
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
426 /1k
458 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,168 kt
11,040 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,891
1,300
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
34 km/1000km²
5 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
240
252
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
517,246
334,052
Population aged 65+
112,725
90,182
Population aged under 15
157,316
92,751
Median age of population
39.3 yrs
40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
21.8%
27.0%
Crude rate of total population change
6.2 /1k
25.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
22.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.8 /1k
9.8 /1k
Crude death rate
5.6 /1k
6.9 /1k
Live births
8,499
4,987
Deaths
4,382
3,498
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.2%
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.80
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
115 /km²
37 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
970,272
586,284
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.1%
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.4%
20.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
319 /100k
276 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
907 /100k
885 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.4 /100k
5.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
193 /100k
108 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,175 /100k
634 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
22 /M
58 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.71
1.71
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
1.77
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.50
1.50
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.65
1.65
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.81
0.81
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.212/kWh
€0.212/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.057/kWh
€0.057/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
79 m
62 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
16 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
8 days/yr