Of those who expect to still be repaying a mortgage come retirement, over a third of the cohort expect the mortgage payments to still be ‘significant’ at that stage.

Mayo people continue to be largely dependent on cars and buses to get to work and school, new statistics have revealed.

The number of people who can speak Irish in Mayo has increased but the number of people using the language daily has fallen, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown had the highest proportion of people working from home for at least one day a week at 57 per cent