Report: 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than 4.6bn people; Ireland has fifth highest number of billionaires per capita

Ireland has 17 billionaires, a number Oxfam describes as "disproportionately high" - behind only Hong Kong, Cyprus, Switzerland and Singapore in terms of the number of billionaires relative to the population.

Ireland has the fifth highest number of billionaires per capita, according to a report by Oxfam.

Ireland's tally of 17 billionaires is "disproportionately high", the charity says as only Hong Kong, Cyprus, Switzerland and Singapore have more billionaires relative to the population.