This is an increase of 66,900 people in the 12 months to the end of April.

125,300 people immigrated to Ireland, the fourth successive 12-month period where over 100,000 people immigrated to the country.

The project has collected individual letters showing daring adventures and close calls, including a postcard sent from Cobh in 1912 by an emigrant who narrowly missed the sinking of the Titanic by delaying her journey to New York by one day;

While almost all 25-year-olds surveyed say they are concerned about the housing situation, there are number of other interesting statistics looking at the living situations of this cohort.