Irish Public Opinion & Sentiment
Direction of the country, most important issues, trust in institutions, and EU sentiment — Irish Times/Ipsos B&A, Eurobarometer, CSO
Direction of the country
Only two fieldwork dates for this exact question have been independently verified, so the line spans real polls only rather than an interpolated monthly series. Between Feb 2024 and Oct 2025, the share saying Ireland is heading in the wrong direction rose from 54% to 55% while government satisfaction fell from 35% to 31%. Source: Irish Times/Ipsos B&A.
What Irish people say matters most
"Most important issues facing Ireland" — a single Eurobarometer survey, so the Ireland and EU27-average bars below are directly comparable (unlike stitching together different pollsters' differently-worded issue questions).
Housing is named a top issue by 65% of people in Ireland — the highest share of any EU27 country, and almost 5× the EU27 average of 13%.
Trust in institutions
CSO Trust Survey 2025 — a single household survey, so every figure below is directly comparable.
Trust is highest in the Gardaí, armed forces, and courts, and lowest in national government and the Oireachtas — both down roughly 3 points since 2023. Source: CSO.
Ireland & the EU
Two genuinely different Eurobarometer questions — kept separate rather than blended into one "EU sentiment" number.