CSO: Irish trips abroad fall by 12%
Trips abroad by Irish residents fell by 12 per cent between July and September compared to the same period last year. It is the first time in 18 years that overseas travel has dropped year-on-year in the third quarter. Tourism and travel statistics published by the Central Statistics Office reveal that trips for holiday and...
Annual retail sales fall 10%
Annual retail sales continued to fall in September, slipping 10 per cent compared to the same month a year earlier, but rose 2.1 per cent month-on-month. The latest data from the Central Statistics Office showed that both value and volume of sales during the month slipped. Excluding the motor trade, sales volume fell 6.0 per...
