CSO figures show a return to net inward migration for the first time since 2009

The number of people coming in to Ireland has risen above the number of people leaving the country for the first time in seven years, according to the Central Statistics Office.

The CSO report that the number of immigrants to the State in the year to April 2016 stands at 79,300, a 15% rise from the figure of 69,300 in April last year.