Telling the stories of three generations

Growing Up in Ireland is the national longitudinal study of children and young people, a joint project of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

About us

Publications

Since 2006, the study has provided Government with an evidence base to make informed policy decisions on a wide range of issues based on data from children and young people living in Ireland.

Questionnaires

Conferences

Report Launches

Data Workshops

Cohort Groups

COHORT ’98

Cohort 98 are adults who were born, mostly, in 1998 and were enrolled in the study when they were 9 years old in 2007.

COHORT ’08

Cohort 08 are young people who were born, mostly, in 2008 and were enrolled in the study when they were 9 months old.

COHORT ’24

Cohort 24 are children who were born in 2024 when they were 9 months old.

Latest News

Read our latest newsletter featuring some of our highlights in 2025 as well as current Cohort Updates.

Watch our new short video to get an overview of the GUI study and the changing context since it started

On November 4 DCDE launched our latest commissioned report on ‘What we know from Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) 2008-2024: Key Well-being Factors for Children and Young People’ – you can find the full report here

Where are we now

Datasets pertaining to Cohort ’98 at age 25 were archived in May 2025 – info on how to access the data can be found here.

Fieldwork for Wave 1 (age 9mths) has ended

Main fieldwork for Cohort ’08 at 17 has started

Please contact the GUI team by email only via: growingup@dcde.gov.ie