Welcome
Welcome to the website of Growing Up in Ireland, an exciting and historic national study of children.
This study is following the progress of almost 20,000 children across Ireland to collect a host of information to help improve our understanding of all aspects of children and their development.
Here you can learn all about the study and how it works and catch up with all the latest news on the Study. If you are a participant in the study you will find all the information you need to know about taking part.
GUI conference on: Children's Engagement in Education

- Prof. Emer Smyth (ESRI), Mr Ruairķ Quinn, T.D., Minister for Education and Skills, Prof. Frances Ruane (ESRI) and Prof. James Williams (ESRI)
Growing Up in Ireland conference on: Children's Engagement in Education was held in the ESRI on Wednesday 8th May. The programme and presentations from the conference are available to download by clicking here.
Accessing Growing Up in Ireland data
If you are thinking about undertaking research on the lives of children and their famililes, why not consider using GUI data? To find out more click here
Publications
All Growing Up in Ireland publications are available to download.
Publications from the Child Cohort can be downloaded here
Publications from the Infant Cohort can be downloaded here

