Ireland

News coverage about Ireland accounts for 0.373% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 19.8% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +0.40 — neutral-to-positive.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.373%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-19.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+0.40
neutral-to-positive
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Ireland coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.37% on 2026-08-200.001.02.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Ireland coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 0.40 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (3/day latest)

Protest events located in Ireland: 80 days, latest 3.00 on 2026-08-190.0012.525.0May 26Jun 10Jun 26Jul 11Jul 27Aug 10Aug 19

Diplomacy (12/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Ireland: 87 days, latest 12.00 on 2026-08-200.005001000May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in Ireland: 87 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-200.00250500May 26Jun 10Jun 25Jul 10Jul 25Aug 9Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Ireland, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 23% of the coverage about Ireland came from outlets based in Ireland — the rest was written from abroad (25,779 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Ireland from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 17.33 on 2026-08-200.0025.050.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Ireland produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Dublin (32)
  • Coolock (4)
  • Smithville (2)
  • River Moy (1)
  • Louisburgh (1)
  • Mount Falcon (1)
  • Ballaghaderreen (1)
  • Achonry (1)
  • Westport (1)
  • Kilmeena (1)
  • Killala Bay (1)
  • Irish Sea (1)

Places named in coverage about Ireland on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Ireland

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$721.7B
World Bank, 2025
Population
5.5M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
240.0%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
0.2%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
69
originating from Ireland
Refugees hosted
137,869
from other countries
Asylum seekers
33,728
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 54 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Ireland-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).