Growing Up in Ireland

Growing Up in Ireland is the national longitudinal study of children and young people in Ireland. The study is nationally representative with over 20,000 cohort members. It is funded by the Government of Ireland through the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY).

In December 2022, after 16 years in the ESRI and TCD, the Growing Up in Ireland study moved to direct administration by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and DCEDIY. The ESRI would like to thank all of the participants, staff, interviewers and collaborators who made the study such a success under its stewardship and wish the DCEDIY and CSO all the best in the next stage of the project.

Children launching GUI reports at annual GUI conference 2018
About Growing Up in Ireland

The study follows the progress of two cohorts: Cohort ’98 (the ‘Child Cohort’) who were aged 9 years at first interview in 2007 and Cohort ’08 (the Infant Cohort) who were just 9 months in the first wave in 2008. 

Roderic O'Gorman
Growing Up in Ireland at the ESRI

In December 2022, after 16 years in the ESRI and TCD, the Growing Up in Ireland study moved to direct administration by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY).

Please note the growing.up@esri.ie email address, as well as the email addresses for individual Growing Up in Ireland staff, will cease to operate. Queries about the study should instead be directed to either the DCEDIY using growingup@equality.ie or the CSO using gui@cso.ie. You can follow the project on the www.growingup.ie website.

Growing Up in Ireland Research Staff

Growing Up in Ireland Operations and Technical Staff

Upcoming Growing Up in Ireland Events

There are currently no upcoming events.

Details on past Growing Up in Ireland conferences can be found on the official study website at https://www.growingup.ie/