Ireland

News coverage about Ireland accounts for 1.098% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is down 5.8% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -1.52 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
1.098%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-5.8%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.52
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Ireland coverage volume: 91 days, latest 1.10% on 2026-10-040.002.55.0Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Ireland coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.52 on 2026-10-04+20-2Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (10/day latest)

Protest events located in Ireland: 87 days, latest 10.00 on 2026-10-030.0012.525.0Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 22Sep 7Sep 22Oct 3

Diplomacy (37/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Ireland: 91 days, latest 37.00 on 2026-10-040.005001000Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coercion & force (6/day latest)

Coercive events located in Ireland: 91 days, latest 6.00 on 2026-10-040.00250500Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

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, 16% of the coverage about Ireland came from outlets based in Ireland — the rest was written from abroad (32,548 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Ireland from domestic outlets (%): 91 days, latest 5.86 on 2026-10-040.0025.050.0Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

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

  • Drumcree (50)
  • Dublin (26)
  • Dunboyne (2)
  • Dundrum (1)
  • Tuam (1)
  • Glanmire (1)
  • Ballymun (1)
  • Moyglare (1)
  • Claremorris (1)
  • Castlebar (1)
  • Donegal (1)
  • Navan (1)

Places named in coverage about Ireland on 2026-10-04 (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”).