Irish people are among the world's happiest - let's work to keep it that way

If one of the reasons we elect a government is to bring us greater happiness and wellbeing, then recent Irish governments deserve praise for a job well done. Ireland has today been named the 15th-happiest country in the world in the 2025 World Happiness Report, rising two places since last year.

The report follows on from research by the European Commission in which 98% of us said we were fairly or very satisfied with our lives. This is the most satisfied we have been in the 50 years since this was first measured.

Contrary to perceived wisdom, we are doing well as a country. But the World Happiness Report, published by the University of Oxford and the United Nations with polling company Gallup, reveals what more we need to do to join the world’s most happy nations...

Read the rest of this article in the Irish Examiner here.