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Friday 23 October 2020
About 1 per cent of the entire population of England and Wales speaks Polish – more than Punjabi or Urdu.
New Census figures show that the numbers in cars and on bikes is up, but mass transit options are less popular than before.
Northern Irish figures show for the first time that the question of national identity cannot be directly related to religion.
The vast majority of people in Ireland remain “white Irish”, who at 3,821,995 people represents 85.8 per cent of the population.
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3.86 million people describe themselves as Catholic (84.2 per cent) while 277,237 people say that they have no religion.
Easier to get €700 for nursing home care than €100 for carers in the home, says Carers Association
Which Irish county has the fewest same-sex civil partners? And how many times could Facebook fill Croke Park?
Plus – which Irish area has been keeping all the single people to itself? And how little confidence is ‘confidence’?
The latest release from the Central Statistics Office delves into how Ireland’s households and families have changed since 2006.
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New census data published today includes the first full detailed nationwide count of Ireland’s homeless population.
Almost half a million households rent their accommodation, according to the April 2011 Census.
Ministers have agreed to table new laws enforcing cuts to the size of the Dáil, in line with independent recommendations.
The report of the Constituency Commission cuts the number of TDs, with significant boundary reforms.
An ESRI analysis of the Census 2011 data suggests that more than one in ten men aged in their 20s have left Ireland.
The number of young adults in the country has fallen by 10 per cent, according to the results of Ireland’s latest Census.
The government may decide to delay the next census, after the CSO suggested it could be considered for spending cutbacks.
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The Public Accounts Committee asks for figures on how many people signed last year’s Census as ‘Jedi Knights’.
We already knew that there were 4,588,252 people living in Ireland last year – but the latest batch of CSO Census data means that now we literally know where you live.
How many of us are there in Ireland? How hot was it here last week? And how much is Will Ferrell’s next film going to make?
Yes, we said sexy. And we said it about statistics.
Census 2011 found a clear urban-rural split between people using oil and natural gas to heat their homes.
Altogether, there are 1.5 million single people living in Ireland.
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as any of the bits and pieces you may have missed.
The majority of those came home from the UK, Australia and the US.
Polish people have overtaken those from the UK as Ireland’s largest non-Irish group.
The Census 2011 gives a fascinating snapshot into the life of Travellers in Ireland. It shows they are younger as a population, and are more likely to be married between the ages of 15 -24 than the rest of the population.
New data shows the average number of children in an Irish family is today 1.38.
The number of people who define themselves as being of no religion increased by 44 per cent since the 2006 census.
In the latest census, people were asked if they were able to speak Irish and, if so, how frequently they did.
Also in Census 2011 housing stats: The number of permanent housing units has increased by 13 per cent since 2006.
Polish was by far the most common foreign language spoken in the home, followed by French, Lithuanian and German.
Over one in five vacant properties were holiday homes, while the majority of the remainder were concentrated on rural areas in the west.
Newly-released data shows number of divorced people in Ireland increased by more than 150 per cent between 2002 and 2011.
Co Laois boasts the largest increase in population, while the highest growth of any constituency was recorded in Dublin North.
Divorce is up, as is the number of people in rented property – here’s a snapshot of the nation on one night in April 2011.
The CSO has released the preliminary findings of April’s census – and they show Ireland’s population is edging towards five million.
A Boundary Commission is set to redraw constituency lines and lead to a reduction in the number of TDs in the next Dail. But how many should we lose – if any at all?
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
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