An estimated 65.1 per cent of the population stayed local (within 10km of home) during the week ending March 19th, according to the Staying Local Indicator (SLI), a seven-day rolling average which monitors movement during the Covid-19 pandemic. That’s a slight decrease on the 65.7 per cent of people staying local in the week ending March 12th. The number of people who stayed within 10km of home fell to 52.3 per cent during Christmas week when restrictions were lifted on travel. Dublin continues to be the county with the highest percentage of the population staying local (80.2 per cent) reflecting its urbanised nature and access to services compared to other counties. Mayo is the only county where less than half of the population (49.9 per cent) stayed local.

Source: The Irish Times March 29, 2021 14:03 UTC