Irish millionaires soar by 10% to more than 33,000

IRELAND may still be awaiting its first official trillionaire, but the number of millionaires in Irish society continues to grow as the country gets richer.

Yesterday’s Wealth of the Nation report — issued by Bank of Ireland Private Banking — showed that the number of millionaires in Irish society now number 33,000 (as of the end of last year) — up by 3,000, or 10%, from the previous year.

Yesterday’s report said that personal disposal income in Ireland has doubled over the past decade, with Bank of Ireland suggesting that this figure will double again over the next ten years.