evidence: The wealthiest 1% of Irish society now owns more than a quarter of the country's wealth or €232 billion, a new report from Oxfam claims. The research also shows that with €15 billion between them, the two richest people here have 50% more wealth than the poorest half of the population. [...] The top 10% of the population now owns nearly two thirds of the wealth, totalling €547 billion, but the bottom 50% of Irish society owns only 1% of wealth.