The 7th Annual Growing Up in Ireland Research Conference was hosted in Dublin Castle on December 3rd 2015. The conference was addressed by Dr James Reilly,T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The keynote paper was delivered by Professor Alice O’Sullivan.

Roles and Responsibilities Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Central Statistics Office The Department of Children Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO) work in collaboration to deliver the Growing Up in Ireland Study. While DCEDIY and the CSO each have these distinct responsibilities in relation…

Workshop Schedule The next Growing Up in Ireland data workshop will take place online on Wednesday March 25th. Please register here. We aim to host Growing Up in Ireland data workshops quarterly; the most recent data workshop took place on March 12th 2025. Information about upcoming workshops will be advertised on this website, on our…

Suggested citations for publications from Cohort ’08 (Infant Cohort) in order of website listing (updated July 2024) RESEARCH REPORTS Wave 1 at 9 Months: Maternal Health Behaviours and Child Growth in Infancy Report on the Qualitative Study of Infants and their Parents at Wave 1 (Nine Months) Parenting and Infant Development Mothers’ Return to Work…

Suggested citations for publications from Cohort ’98 (Child Cohort) in order of website listing (updated July 2024) RESEARCH REPORTS Wave 1 at 9 Years: The Lives of 9-Year-Olds Overweight and Obesity Among 9-Year-Olds Influences on 9-year-olds’ Learning: Home, School and Community How Families Matter for Social and Emotional Outcomes of 9 Year Old Children The…

*NEW*  SUGGESTED CITATIONS FOR INFANT AND CHILD COHORT JOINT REPORTS (IN ORDER OF WEBSITE LISTING) Research Reports Growing Up in Ireland: Key Findings – Special COVID-19 Survey Growing Up in Ireland: Dynamics of Child Economic Vulnerability and Socio-Emotional Development — An Analysis of the First Two Waves of the Growing Up in Ireland Study Growing…

GUI Conference 3rd November 2016 Growing Up in Ireland’s  8th Annual Research Conference took place in the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin on Thursday 3rd November 2016. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone T.D., launched a series of key findings on several aspects of the lives of 17- and 18-year-olds.  Professor James Williams’…

Previous Launches Cohort ‘98 at Age 25: Childhood Influences on Education and Finances On Monday 23rd February 2026, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) released a new report, Growing Up in Ireland Cohort ‘98 at Age 25: Childhood Influences on Education and Finances. This release is the second in a series of releases related to GUI…

Minister Zappone at the launch of 9 year key findings Growing Up in Ireland – the National Longitudinal Study of Children, held its tenth annual research conference on Thursday 8th November 2018 in the Gibson Hotel in Dublin’s docklands area. The conference focused on research based on Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) data, and also included the launch of…

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Infographics for Report Launches Recent Growing Up in Ireland report launches have been accompanied by infographic summaries.  These summaries are available below, in reverse order of release date. Cohort ’98 at age 25 Main Results: Education Inequalities, Gender Inequalities, Health Summary (27/01/25) Research Needs for Cohort ’98 at Age 25 (25/05/22) Cohort ’98: The Lives…