2020.03.0610:26:00UTC+00Ireland Industrial Production Rises In January

Ireland's manufacturing output rose for the first time in three months in January, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed on Friday.

Manufacturing output rose 5.7 percent month-on-month in January, after a 6.5 percent decrease in December.

Industrial production increased 5.8 percent monthly in January, reversing a 6.0 percent decrease in the previous month.

On an annual basis, manufacturing output rose 0.4 percent in January, after a 3.6 percent increase in the previous month.

Industrial production increased 1.2 percent year-on-year in January, slower than 3.9 percent rise in the previous month.

Data also showed that the industrial turnover rose 16.0 percent monthly and 14.7 percent from a year ago.