This June we’ve seen 20% (476) more deaths than June 2020.1June 2020 = 2352. June 2024 = 2828. See the maths for yourself on Calculator.net Which keeps 2024 on course to exceed 2021 and match, if not outdo 2022 and/or 2023.
Yet, in marked contrast with 2020 (when less people were dying) the Irish media and public servants are not talking about it. Why?
More info on our National Picture and Counties pages.
This time four years ago you were hearing (non-stop!) about the numbers dying, and how the life changes being forced on you and society were warranted. Because we had to ‘save lives’.
Yet so far this year we’ve seen 874 more death notices than by the same time in 2020. But now there’s no official concern about saving lives. In fact there’s silence.
How come?
More thought-provoking graphs on our National Picture and Counties pages.
We are very glad that, in Tuam on Saturday, an audience question raised our work with European Parliament candidates John Waters and Una McGurk.
Glad too that our inspiration Patrick E. Walsh was also referenced.
Video will start where we are mentioned. Issues with video? Try watching direct on Odysee.1This video was Part 3 from the event’s coverage. Here are Part 1 and Part 2.
12,481 death notices in the first four months of 2020 – and media, public health and politicians were clamouring about the numbers dying.
635 more (13,116) in the first four months of 2024 – yet now media, public health and politicians are quiet about the greater numbers dying. Why?
How are the numbers in your county?
For March we counted 3177 death notices, bringing us to 10074 for the first quarter of 2024.. This is on par with the previous three years but up 15% on the first quarter of 2020.
More details on The National Picture.
Scroll our Counties page and see for yourself.
February 2020 (the previous leap year) saw 2717 death notices. An average of 94 per day.
This February we see 3161. An average of 109 per day. That’s a 16% increase.
Scroll our Counties page and see for yourself.
Up 430 on December 2023 death notices. More details on The National Picture and individual county pages.
While still well above what historical patterns might lead us to expect, the number of December 2023 death notices1Based on date of publication, not date of death. Also, as we each use different methods of gathering, cleaning and processing our data there will be slight differences between our figures and those of Ireland Excess Deaths and Irish Quislings. But we’re each seeing the same trends. suggest an easing of the upward trend.
What’s happening in your county? Find out here.
We had only managed 22 counties before changes to RIP.ie hampered us.
Now, thanks to great help from a few sources, we have been able to start again. This time with improved accuracy AND the previously missing four counties of Cork, Dublin, Kerry and Louth,1In the interest of transparency you can still view an archive of our original 22-county work here.
All 26 counties are listed alphabetically on our Counties page.
This week we were contacted by someone far more adept at spreadsheets. So redoing our figures just got easier, we now have a fairly good overview of the national picture and can soon update our county pages.
Meanwhile here are our numbers for the country.
Keep in mind that, as we each use different methods of gathering, cleaning and processing our data, there will be slight differences1To date the biggest difference we’ve noted is about 1% and for 2016 only. All other years we tend to be within 0.01% and 0.5% of each other. between our figures and those of Ireland Excess Deaths and Irish Quislings.
But we’re each seeing the same trends.
Thankfully, while still well above what historical patterns suggest we should expect, November death notices on RIP.ie suggest an easing of the upward trend. We can see this in the average death notices per month and week.
