How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,021 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Jobs and work More than usual
   4.2% of the news · usually 1.4% · 2.9× usual · 43 articles
   • Slight Increase In Clare Unemployment Following Lowest Monthly Tally On Record (clare.fm)
   • Tánaiste's unemployment comments 'surprising' (rte.ie)

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Unemployment” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

2. Climate More than usual
   2.0% of the news · usually 0.6% · 3.2× usual · 20 articles
   • Kerry Comhairle na nÓg annual youth conference – Thursday November 5 2026 (radiokerry.ie)
   • IFI Habitats and Conservation Scheme now open to Mayo applications (con-telegraph.ie)

   Survey · 2023 69% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

   Survey · Apr 2026 4% name “The environment and risks related to climate change” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

3. Health
   1.6% of the news · usually 1.4% · 16 articles
   • New Research Highlights Wide-ranging Benefits of Cancer Trials (todayfm.com)
   • Met Éireann Forecast: Ireland set for a dry start before rain moves in (irishmirror.ie)

   Survey · Apr 2026 17% name “Health” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

4. AI
   1.3% of the news · usually 1.8% · 13 articles
   • AI is changing cybersecurity and data analytics. What should professionals learn next? (techcentral.ie)
   • Half of Irish businesses failing to address skills gaps despite increase in AI adoption (techcentral.ie)
5. Democracy and elections
   1.2% of the news · usually 0.8% · 1.6× usual · 12 articles
   • Europe can't go back. It must learn to live without America – The Irish Times (irishtimes.com)
   • Tourism group asked for view on contentious greenway - news (westernpeople.ie)

   Survey · Apr 2026 3% name “Threats to democracy (for example through information manipulation)” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

6. Immigration
   0.9% of the news · usually 0.4% · 2.2× usual · 9 articles
   • Are universities echo chambers for the left? (irishtimes.com)
   • Trump says his deportation policy 'might have been too tough' for voters (irishexaminer.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 14% name “Immigration” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

7. War and security
   0.6% of the news · usually 1.1% · 6 articles
   • G7 degli Esteri oggi a Parigi. Si discuterà di cyberattacchi e guerra ibrida (tg.la7.it)
   • ทบ.ขอประชาชนอย่าตื่นตระหนกข่าวชายแดน ยืนยันมีแผนรองรับทุกสถานการณ์ (prachatai.com)

   Survey · Apr 2026 15% name “The conflict in the Middle East” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 2% name “Security and defence” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

8. Cost of living
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.5% · 0 articles
   • ՏՀԶԿ-ում սեպտեմբերին գնաճն արագացել է՝ հասնելով 4.5%-ի (b24.am)
   • Фабрис: Курс динара није угрожен, али НБС мора да провери мењачнице - када се могу очекивати ниже камате (rts.rs)

   Survey · Apr 2026 59% name “Housing” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 46% name “Rising prices / inflation / cost of living” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

   Survey · Apr 2026 6% name “The economic situation” among the two most important issues facing the country (Standard Eurobarometer)

How the news sounds

• Tone−0.5positive minus negative words per 100usually −0.3The GDELT Project
• Anxiety1.0× usual2.9 words per 1,000usually 2.9The GDELT Project
• Fear1.1× usual1.1 words per 1,000usually 0.9The GDELT Project
• Anger1.2× usual6.3 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.0× usual6.8 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.4The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty1.0× usual6.6 words per 1,000usually 6.7The GDELT Project

Also in the news

• Economic policy uncertainty180.0from newspaper coverage; 100 = long-run averageJul 2026 · −19.0 since Jun 2026Zalla (2016), PolicyUncertainty.com · CC BY 4.0

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.