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Ireland Tension Score

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Live 0–100 tension reading for Ireland, built by our own engine from 2,698 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.

8
Calm
7d · 30d

Where Ireland stands

#168 of 197 countries today, #20 of 49 in Europe (region score 49). Tension is steady this week.

Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.

Ireland news pulse

4 headlines in 30 days · newest first

Every story the engine read that names Ireland, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.

What is driving Ireland’s tension score

last 30 days
  • 6 headlines in 30 days — 0.22% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (0).
  • 0% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 0% scored as high-tension stories.
  • Conflicts on the roster: none. Ireland is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
  • Region: Europe reads 49 today; it carries 15% of this score.

Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Ireland) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.

Ireland tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
September 20268.0Calm604

Record for Ireland began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.

How the Ireland score is built

Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Europe region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.

Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.

No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.

Questions people ask about Ireland

Is Ireland in a war right now?

Not on our roster. Ireland is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.

Is tension in Ireland rising or falling?

Too early to say — the 7-day change appears once a week of data exists.

How does Ireland compare with the rest of Europe?

Below its region: Ireland reads 8 against 49 for Europe, ranking #20 of 49 there.

Keep exploring

Ireland and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

Neutral, but wired in. Ireland is militarily neutral yet hosts the European headquarters of the biggest US technology firms and a corner of the world’s undersea cables. Its tension is economic and digital, rarely military.

What our engine watches in Ireland

  • Corporate tax and technology-regulation fights
  • Undersea cable security
  • Northern Ireland politics

Indexes to follow: AI Risk · Market Fear.