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.
Popular Toys & Games
- Squishmallows
- Gabby's Dollhouse
- LEGO Star Wars
Irish Chart Song in 2022
Heat Waves
Glass Animals