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# Birth Rate

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China is now allowing couples to have three children - state media
The change is being made due to concerns over an ageing workforce and economic stagnation.
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May 31st 2021, 9:24 AM
There were 1,041 teenagers who became mothers in Ireland last year
The number represents a 5% decline and the HSE has welcomed the trend.
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May 30th 2018, 1:14 PM
By EU standards, Ireland is pumping out new babies
Ireland has the highest birth rate in the EU.
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Jul 10th 2017, 12:39 PM
Islam is set to have as many followers as Christianity by 2060
Islam has 1.8 billion followers, but a Muslim baby boom is expected.
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Apr 6th 2017, 8:21 AM
The Irish aren't making as many babies as they used to...
At present our birth rate isn’t high enough to replace our population. However, we’re also dying less and getting married more.
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May 30th 2015, 7:00 AM
Irish people are having fewer babies, but still quite like getting married
The Fingal area of Dublin recorded the highest birth rate in the country with the lowest rate recorded in Mayo.
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Nov 28th 2013, 3:09 PM
Ireland has highest birth rate of all 27 EU nations
New figures from the ESRI also show there were 1,217 sets of twins born last year, and 33 sets of triplets.
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Nov 19th 2013, 6:30 AM
Here’s What Happened Today: Friday
Everyone’s talking about the death of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and the US moving closer to military intervention in Syria.
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Aug 30th 2013, 10:56 PM
Birth rate declines by 9 per cent as marriages increase
The figures from the Central Statistics Office also showed that 36.5 per cent of total births in January to March were to parents outside marriage.
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Aug 30th 2013, 3:44 PM
Births and deaths are down but marriages are up in Q3 2012
The highest percentage of births outside marriage or civil partnership was in Limerick, while the lowest was in Galway.
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Feb 28th 2013, 1:19 PM
Ireland retains highest birth rate of any EU country
An ESRI study shows a larger proportion of the Irish population having children than any other EU member state.
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Dec 20th 2012, 8:06 AM
Birth rate falls, but Irish women remain Europe's most fertile
The average Irish woman will have 2.06 children in her childbearing years – more than anyone else in the European Union.
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Nov 16th 2012, 11:51 AM
Young men around twice as likely to emigrate as women - report
An ESRI analysis of the Census 2011 data suggests that more than one in ten men aged in their 20s have left Ireland.
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Jun 19th 2012, 10:29 AM
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web…
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Jun 3rd 2012, 11:00 AM
The Daily Fix: Thursday
Your essential evening round-up of the day’s biggest news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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May 31st 2012, 8:05 PM
2,700 texts per person sent in Ireland
Latest Eurostat yearbook shows how we compare to our EU neighbours across a range of issues from household expenses to marriage and divorce.
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May 12th 2012, 3:18 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know by 9am: Baby boom for Ireland, Palestine launches bid for statehood, and a case of spontaneous combustion in Galway…
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Sep 23rd 2011, 8:32 AM
Ireland has one of highest birth and lowest death rates in EU
New demographic stats show Ireland has highest natural growth – as population of EU tops 502 million.
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Jul 29th 2011, 10:21 AM
Ireland by numbers: The country's vital statistics
From births, to deaths, to unmarried parents – we look at the latest figures which make up the country.
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Jun 29th 2011, 5:03 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Jun 28th 2011, 8:28 AM
Ireland has highest birth rate in the EU
The latest ESRI data also shows an increase in the age of women giving birth as well as an increase in the amount of births by caesarean section.
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Jun 28th 2011, 8:08 AM
Ireland's population to jump to 6.5 million by 2060
Ireland is going to see a population boom of 46 per cent in the next 50 years according to the EU’s statistics office, and we’re all going to be living longer too.
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Jun 9th 2011, 2:51 PM
Ireland has highest birth rate in the EU
Ireland has both the highest birth and lowest death rate in Europe – but it’s not all good news.
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Jul 27th 2010, 2:50 PM