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Read more: Trends in Employment and Unemployment: An Incomplete Recovery
At the end of 2018 employment had increased to over 2,281,300, its highest level ever, and the unemployment is the lowest recorded in a decade. However, recovery in the labour market remains incomplete: the employment rate is lower than before the Great Recession, youth employment remains low while youth unemployment is more than twice the adult rate.
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Read more: Housing in Ireland: changing trends in headship rates and tenure by age group.
In recent decades, there has been a decrease in home ownership and a substantial increase in renting from a private landlord by those in the younger population age groups. A growing proportion of the younger population are also living at home with their parents.
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Read more: Private Health Insurance in Ireland: Market Penetration and Lifetime Community Rating Reforms
In 2008 the Irish health insurance market was in a strong position with over half of the Irish population covered by private health insurance. However, the sustainability of the market was put into question during the Great Recession due to a significant exodus of the younger population up-taking health insurance
