Seán Kelly

Europe is the largest public climate finance provider, contributing EUR 31.7 billion in 2024.

16 million people have taken part in the Erasmus programme.

Each of the last 10 years ranks among the 10 hottest years on record globally.

Ireland has the highest household electricity prices in the European Union, around EUR 480 per year above the EU average.

Current national climate pledges still imply global warming of well over 2°C.

Oil prices have been pushed above USD 100 per barrel, helped by Houthi attacks.

UK productivity is 4% lower than it would have been had the United Kingdom remained in the European Union.

The United Kingdom is the European Union's second-largest trading partner, after the United States.

EU household energy prices are up almost 19% compared with last year.

UK imports and exports are 15% lower than they would have been had the United Kingdom remained in the European Union.

More than 40 independent bookshops have closed in Hong Kong since the national security law was imposed in 2020.

The European Commission estimates that rebuilding Gaza will cost USD 71 billion.

Sales of hybrid cars are growing in Europe.

Ireland is one of the few countries in the world with a national play policy.

According to the IEA, oil supply from the Middle East is 14.4 million barrels per day below pre-war levels.

There have been almost 100 prosecutions for cyberbullying in Ireland in the three years since Coco's Law was enacted.

20 million Sudanese civilians are suffering

Ryan Cornelius has been arbitrarily detained in Dubai since 2008

Ryan Cornelius's sentence was retroactively extended by 20 years

Irish wholesale electricity price averaged EUR 90 per megawatt-hour the week before US attacks in Iran, and spiked to EUR 145 per megawatt-hour in the following 10 days.

For each additional year of education, a person's lifetime earnings increase by 10%.

India is the world's fastest-growing economy.