evidence: The top 1% of Irish society now holds €232bn or more than a quarter of Ireland's wealth, according to an Oxfam report published to coincide with the World Economic Forum at Davos. The top 10% owns close to two-thirds (64%) of the country's wealth or €547bn, while the bottom 50% holds just 1% or €9bn, which is less than the two richest people combined (€15bn), the Survival of the Richest report shows using data from Forbes, Credit Suisse and wealth data company Wealth-X. The number of Irish people with individual wealth in excess of €46.6m ($50m) has more than doubled since 2012, from 655 to 1,435. A further 20,575 individuals each hold over €4.7m ($5m), and Ireland now have eight billionaires.