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Ireland's domestic macro data can be distorted by multinational activity, so the equity market is better read through financials, internationally exposed cyclicals, and the direction of European and U.S. capital flows. The market is usually framed through bank profitability, the euro rate backdrop, and whether international profits channels keep outweighing the small domestic base.
Regional map
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Use the key figures to see the country’s size, currency and current economic backdrop.
Pick one variable at a time and see how it has changed over time.
The final cards explain the few forces that can move companies and the local market.
Key facts
Capital
Currency
Primary exchange
Central bank
Region
Time zone
Source: Central Statistics Office Ireland,
Country dashboard
A small open market whose listed story runs through banks, materials, aviation, and multinational capital flows.
Macro explorer
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Quarterly real GDP growth from OECD Quarterly National Accounts.
Available variables
Source: Central Statistics Office Ireland,
Trade and external position
The latest available data show exports of $877.1B and imports of $622.5B, leaving an external balance of +$254.6B. Services account for 60.0% of total exports.
This is the broadest external-demand read for Ireland, because it combines merchandise shipments with cross-border services such as travel, transport, finance, and business services.
This is the merchandise side of the export machine for Ireland, useful for judging industrial, energy, and manufacturing exposure in the trade mix.
This shows how much Ireland monetizes travel, logistics, finance, software, licensing, and other non-merchandise external flows.
Trade partners
Commodity lens
Trade in goods and services equaled 246.2% of GDP in 2024. This is a quick read on how externally exposed the economy is.
Services represented 60.0% of total exports in the latest reading, which helps show whether the export mix leans more toward intangibles or merchandise.
Manufactures accounted for 90.7% of merchandise exports in 2024.
Fuel exports accounted for 0.4% of merchandise exports in 2024, useful for reading commodity exposure.
Food exports accounted for 7.9% of merchandise exports in 2024, adding context on agricultural exposure.
Source: World Bank API: totalExports,
What to watch
Ireland should first be read through bank profitability. When this regime shifts, local how highly shares are valued and sector leadership usually shift with it.
The market is usually framed through bank profitability, the euro rate backdrop, and whether international profits channels keep outweighing the small domestic base. That makes cross-border capital flows one of the most important signals for revising the country narrative.
The final layer is international cyclicals, because it determines whether the macro backdrop turns into sustainable profits support for the ISEQ Overall.
Other countries
Each card opens the same country template with its own map, switchable macro variables, and benchmark view. This is the first linked network of country pages across the region.
Europe
The world's largest single market — 27 member states sharing monetary union, a common regulatory framework, and the euro, governed by ECB policy emanating from Frankfurt.
Europe
A diversified euro-area market with global luxury, industrial, healthcare, and utility champions at its core.
Europe
Europe's industrial core market, highly exposed to export manufacturing, autos, capital goods, and global trade volumes.
Europe
A value-heavy market tied to banks, utilities, luxury, and the interaction between sovereign risk and domestic funding costs.
Europe
A service-heavy euro-area market that trades through tourism, banks, utilities, and domestic demand recovery.
Europe
A global, income-heavy market where energy, financials, sterling, and international revenue exposure dominate the tape.
Real GDP growth
What This Signals
GDP growth is published quarterly and annualized, so each point captures how fast real output was expanding or contracting versus the prior quarter at an annual rate. It matters because it is the broadest scorecard of domestic economic momentum and sets the backdrop for revenues, employment, and policy expectations. Versus a year ago, the series is lower by 201.4%, which points to a softer or less supportive backdrop on this measure. Across the displayed window, the broader trend is still downward.