Census finds workforce tops 2million

More than 2m people are at work in Ireland, with most people employed in sales and retail.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published its final report from Census 2016, which profiles employment, occupations, and industry.

A total of 2,006,641 people were at work in Ireland when the April 2016 census was undertaken, compared with 1,807,360 five years previously. It was an increase of 199,281 or 11%.