Google releases data on how each Irish county has responded to social distancing guidelines

Google has released data on how Ireland has responded to social distancing guidelines in recent weeks.

A county-by-county report has been published by Google which shows how visits and lengths of stay at a variety of locations have changed since the Government introduced measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland. The below reports show trends over a number of weeks and is up to date as of last Sunday (it takes a number of days to produce the reports). The reports examine the movement of people compared to a baseline, which is the median value for the corresponding day of the week during the five-week period between January 3 and February 6, before the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Ireland. The data examines a number of different locations; including retail & recreation, grocery & pharmacy, parks, transit stations, workplaces and residential. The data is aggregated and anonymised, which means that no personal information is identifiable. It should also be noted that in a number of cases, there was not enough data to allow Google to provide a complete analysis and that is made clear in the below county-by-county breakdown. Carlow Retail and recreation: down 83% Grocery and pharmacy: down 35% Parks: N/A Transit stations: N/A Workplace: down 48% Residential: N/A Cavan Retail and recreation: down 81% Grocery and pharmacy: down 39% Parks: N/A Transit stations: N/A Workplace: down 45% Residential: N/A Clare Retail and recreation: down 78% Grocery and pharmacy: down 30% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 74% Workplace: down 49% Residential: N/A Cork Retail and recreation: down 81% Grocery and pharmacy: down 40% Parks: down 54% Transit stations: down 73% Workplace: down 51% Residential: up 19% Donegal Retail and recreation: down 81% Grocery and pharmacy: down 39% Parks: down 49% Transit stations: down 56% Workplace: down 47% Residential: N/A Dublin Retail and recreation: down 85% Grocery and pharmacy: down 35% Parks: down 64% Transit stations: down 82% Workplace: down 58% Residential: up 21% Galway Retail and recreation: down 82% Grocery and pharmacy: down 36% Parks: down 60% Transit stations: down 68% Workplace: down 51% Residential: up 21% Kerry Retail and recreation: down 83% Grocery and pharmacy: down 44% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 76% Workplace: down 53% Residential: N/A Kildare Retail and recreation: down 84% Grocery and pharmacy: down 36% Parks: down 66% Transit stations: down 71% Workplace: down 51% Residential: up 21% Kilkenny Retail and recreation: down 82% Grocery and pharmacy: down 37% Parks: down 65% Transit stations: N/A Workplace: down 47% Residential: N/A Laois Retail and recreation: down 79% Grocery and pharmacy: down 40% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 77% Workplace: down 48% Residential: N/A Leitrim Retail and recreation: down 93% Grocery and pharmacy: down 41% Parks: N/A Transit stations: N/A Workplace: N/A Residential: N/A Limerick Retail and recreation: down 82% Grocery and pharmacy: down 35% Parks: down 57% Transit stations: down 74% Workplace: down 46% Residential: up 21% Longford Retail and recreation: down 77% Grocery and pharmacy: down 40% Parks: N/A Transit stations: N/A Workplace: down 45% Residential: N/A Louth Retail and recreation: down 84% Grocery and pharmacy: down 39% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 84% Workplace: down 49% Residential: N/A Mayo Retail and recreation: down 85% Grocery and pharmacy: down 44% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 78% Workplace: down 47% Residential: N/A Meath Retail and recreation: down 80% Grocery and pharmacy: down 33% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 59% Workplace: down 49% Residential: up 21% Monaghan Retail and recreation: down 80% Grocery and pharmacy: down 43% Parks: N/A Transit stations: N/A Workplace: down 49% Residential: N/A Offaly Retail and recreation: down 79% Grocery and pharmacy: down 38% Parks: down 40% Transit stations: N/A Workplace: down 47% Residential: N/A Roscommon Retail and recreation: down 86% Grocery and pharmacy: down 38% Parks: N/A Transit stations: N/A Workplace: down 43% Residential: N/A Sligo Retail and recreation: down 89% Grocery and pharmacy: down 44% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 69% Workplace: down 44% Residential: N/A Tipperary Retail and recreation: down 80% Grocery and pharmacy: down 36% Parks: down 61% Transit stations: down 73% Workplace: down 46% Residential: N/A Waterford Retail and recreation: down 87% Grocery and pharmacy: down 45% Parks: down 75% Transit stations: down 77% Workplace: down 46% Residential: N/A Westmeath Retail and recreation: down 85% Grocery and pharmacy: down 48% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 75% Workplace: down 52% Residential: N/A Wexford Retail and recreation: down 83% Grocery and pharmacy: down 42% Parks: N/A Transit stations: down 71% Workplace: down 52% Residential: N/A Wicklow Retail and recreation: down 89% Grocery and pharmacy: down 40% Parks: down 79% Transit stations: down 76% Workplace: down 53% Residential: N/A The full data can be read here.