Nina Carberry

Grassroots sport, supported through Erasmus+, accounts for 1.8 million jobs across Europe.

1.5 million people took part in Erasmus+ exchanges in 2024.

35% of Ireland's food and drink exports go to the UK, worth almost EUR 7 billion per year.

Only 4.3% of farm holders in Ireland are under the age of 35.

More than 9 million people in the European Union currently live with dementia.

One in three people born today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

Women account for less than one-third of entrepreneurs in Europe.

Less than 3% of investment in high-growth businesses goes to female-led companies.

Europe is facing a EUR 27 billion energy surge.

Around one in four young people in Ireland experience cyberbullying.

1.2 million children across 11 countries reported being targeted by deepfake sexual abuse last year.

At the halfway point of the EU's largest recovery fund, less than one third of the funds had been disbursed

For the majority of Ireland's 53 years in the European Community, Ireland has been a net receiver of EU funds

One in five Irish children currently present as overweight or obese.

Junk food advertisements capture a child's attention up to four or five times as long as regular advertisements.

Children in Ireland see unhealthy food and drinks marketing roughly every four minutes online.

The European framework for advertisements targeting children will be close to nearly ten years since it was last updated.

Around 90% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests result in fatality without quick intervention

In Ireland, there are an estimated 9,000 defibrillators, but only half are publicly registered

Nearly one in three children in the EU are affected by overweight or obesity.

In 2022, WHO reported that 57% of adults and 8% of children under five in Ireland were overweight or obese.

This is the first ever directive to specifically improve the protection and status of farmers and primary producers.

EUR 160 million for cross-border rail between Belfast and Dublin.

EUR 18 million for cross-border help projects in Fermanagh, Cavan, Monaghan, Tyrone, Louth, Armagh, Sligo and Leitrim.

EUR 20 million invested in the Shannonside sports campus.

Over 10,000 people upskilled in Derry and Donegal.

Over 700,000 people lost power during Storm Éowyn