Ireland's Q2 GDP up nearly 22 pct y-on-y to 109.3 bln euros

DUBLIN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ireland's gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter (Q2) of this year increased by 21.6 percent year-on-year to reach 109.3 billion euros (about 130 billion U.S. dollars), said the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Thursday.

The largest increase was recorded in the country's distribution, transport, hotels and restaurants sector which reported a year-on-year increa