Ireland
Level calmupdated 43 min agoNo underlying concern: official advisories are at ease about this country.
What are the main risks in Ireland?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 18 events there, including 9 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Flood, Civil unrest.
Is there a government travel advisory for Ireland?
None of the 19 governments we track advises against travel to this country, and none urges extra caution.
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Ireland: current alerts and safety news
What was recorded in the country this week, lifted alerts included.
Internet outage — Ireland
5 days ago · RIPE Atlas · Ended
Heavy rain — Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Waterford
14 days ago · MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) · Ended
Heavy rain — Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Waterford
14 days ago · MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) · Ended
Heavy rain — Donegal, Galway, Mayo
29 days ago · MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) · Ended
Last 90 days
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- Moderate / High
- Critical
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Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Ireland?
Ireland records little. Over the last 12 months our sensors logged 8 events, 5 of them severe. Almost all of it is fire: 6 records, 5 severe. Flooding comes second, 2 records, none severe. The calendar is clear. Six of the eight fell in July, one in January, one in February. Fire and flood are the two hazards that really follow a season here, so a dry stretch or a long spell of rain is what changes anything. No state advises against travel to Ireland. On homicide, the country sits at 0.7 per 100,000 people against a world median of 2.1; that number covers homicide only and says nothing about theft or scams. Nothing severe was recorded in the last weeks, and no alert is live.
What it changes for a nomad
Nothing here reshapes a long stay. Come when it suits you: the year is quiet in our records, one entry in January, one in February. What shows up in summer is fire, six of the eight records in July, and that matters mostly if you spend your days outdoors. Rain is the other thing to track. Floods stay low in severity in our data, but they close roads and slow trains, which counts when your work depends on reaching a station or a desk. Housing is the practical question: a ground floor near a river behaves differently in a wet week than a flat upstairs. Damp and cold will wear on you more than any of this. Coverage holds up, so switch the official alerts on and let them do the watching for you.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 23, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
Ireland records wildfires as the main hazard, with 6 events over the last 12 months, 5 of them severe. Floods occur less frequently and have not been severe in this period. Activity clusters in July. Your homicide rate sits at 0.7 per 100,000 — well below the world median of 2.1 — meaning violent crime is uncommon. No armed conflicts, no official travel warnings, and no significant security threats affect the country.
To watch as a rule
- Fire during dry summer stretches, which is most of what we recorded.
- Flooding after sustained rain, low in severity here but disruptive to travel.
- July, where six of the eight records of the year fell.
- A thin record overall, 8 events in 12 months, so a single report says little on its own.
Good reflexes
- Turn on alerts from the national weather service and leave them on.
- Before a long walk in a dry spell, check the fire risk where you are heading.
- Keep open fires and barbecues off dry heath and forest ground.
- After heavy rain, check road and rail updates before you commit to a trip.
- Renting for weeks, ask whether the ground floor has ever taken water.
Ireland: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
None of the 19 countries surveyed advises against this country — all clear.
Ireland: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Favourable vs the world median
- Homicides: 0.7 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
- Air quality (PM2.5): 7.5 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Safely managed drinking water: 96.1 % of the population (median 80.5)
- Road deaths: 3.1 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Physicians: 3.9 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Hospital beds: 3 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- Life expectancy at birth: 83 years (median 74.7)
- New displacements, disasters: 0 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Below the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Above the world median (80.5) · higher is better
Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Above the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Above the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Below the world median (0.73) · lower is better
17 people in total
137,869 people in total
33,728 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
2.3/10 — low
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Below the world median (2.3).
Source: UNODC, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0)
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Ireland: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 9 events
Eventsof which severe- Civil unrest5
- Flood33 3 severe
- Internet outage11 1 severe
Last 12 months · 18 events
Eventsof which severe- Wildfire65 5 severe
- Flood63 3 severe
- Civil unrest5
- Internet outage11 1 severe
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What travellers lived
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