RTE News today reported that the figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the economy grew by 0.2% in three months from July to September compared to the previous three month period.
The increase was less than had been forecast by economists.
GNP - which excludes the profits from multi-nationals companies - fell by 0.4% over the three-month period.
But the CSO revised its growth for the second quarter from 0% up to 0.4%, while the decline in the first quarter was also less than had been previously thought at -0.5% compared to -0.7%.
Compared with a year ago, the CSO said that GDP rose by 0.8% while GNP increased by 3.7%.
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