More than 12% of Irish in their 20s emigrate, with housing access a major concern

Eighty six per cent of survey respondents said they were very concerned about housing.

The majority of Irish people in their mid-20s are “very concerned” about access to housing, while at least one in eight such people have emigrated, a new study has found.

The latest edition of the CSO’s Growing Up in Ireland study, a periodic survey of young Irish people born in 1998, shows pronounced income inequality also exists already for that age cohort.