Recently published National Accounts data by the CSO underline the exceptional performance of the Irish economy in 2021 and 2022, as it rebounded strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic. GDP increased by 15.1% in 2021 and 9.4% last year. Modified Gross National Income (GNI*), an indicator designed specifically to measure the size of the Irish economy excluding some globalisation effects, rose by 13.9% in 2021 and 6.7% in 2022, having contracted by 3.6% in 2020.