A Look Back At

Born in 2022

What Was Life Like in 2022?

Who Was in Charge?

Taoiseach

Micheál Martin

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

€1.92/L

Loaf of Bread

€1.85

Average House

€370,000

Weekly Wage

€620

Events of 2022 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 4 February – RTÉ selected Brooke Scullion to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy in May with the song "That's Rich".
  • 24 February – The taoiseach condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine as "an outrageous and moral breach of the most fundamental principles of international law."
  • 1 April – Atlantic Technological University, comprising the three institutes of technology in the northern and western regions – Letterkenny IT, Galway-Mayo IT and Sligo IT – formally came into operation, under its president Dr. Orla Flynn.
  • 23 April – The first full-capacity concert at Croke Park since the COVID-19 pandemic took place, with Ed Sheeran kicking off his world tour singing for over 80,000 fans.
  • 23 June – Preliminary results of Census 2022 released by the CSO showed that Ireland's population increased by 7.6% in the six years between 2016 and 2022, standing at 5,123,536 people – the first time the population had been over five million since 1851.
  • 15 July – Met Éireann issued a Status Yellow high temperature warning for Ireland, with "exceptionally" high temperatures possibly up to 32 °C forecast.
  • 7 October – An explosion destroys an Applegreen service station in Creeslough, County Donegal.
  • 11 December – Singer Sophie Lennon represented Ireland in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Solas", and finished in fourth place.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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