Ireland
IRL · 2024 energy mix · renewables 19.7% · fossil fuels 77.8%
Threat reading 22 of 100, classified STABLE. 15 events recorded here in the last seven days, 15 in the last thirty.
That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.
Where its energy comes from
| Oil | 47.5% |
|---|---|
| Gas | 27.6% |
| Wind | 15.8% |
| Coal | 2.7% |
| Solar | 1.5% |
| Other renewables | 1.4% |
| Hydro | 1.0% |
In 2024, renewables accounted for 19.7% and fossil fuels for 77.8%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, Ireland is a net importer of electricity.
Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.
Recorded history
NOAA's hazard records hold one significant earthquake in or just off Ireland since 1490.
The deadliest was the 1490 earthquake (Ireland: Sligo, Mayo), which killed 100 people.
| Date | What | Where | Toll |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1490 | earthquake | Ireland: Sligo, Mayo | 100 dead |
A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.
Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.
In the last 30 days
The most recent events our feeds placed in Ireland:
- 7 November 2026: low temperature - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: high temperature - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: fog - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: Wind - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: Thunderstorm - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: Rain - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: snow and ice - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: Status Yellow - Fog warning for Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Cavan, Monaghan
- 7 November 2026: low temperature - Ireland
- 7 November 2026: high temperature - Ireland
What the threat reading is made of
| Conflict | 0 |
|---|---|
| Unrest | 0 |
| Security | 10 |
| Spillover from neighbours | 0 |
| Natural hazard | 35 |
| Resilience | 82 |
Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.
Other countries tracked
Where the data comes from
Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.