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Births
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Genealogy
Another year of Irish birth, marriage and death records are now available to the public online
1 Mar 2022
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Delay
'Desperate' parents paying double to get birth certs via private companies amid registration delays
27 Nov 2021
68.2k
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China
China's birthrate plummets to lowest figure in decades
24 Nov 2021
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Civil Registration Service
'It's a nightmare': Parents still experiencing delays of up to eight weeks for birth registrations
8 Nov 2021
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CSO
Number of births in Ireland falls by almost 20% in 10 years
30 Oct 2020
23.5k
56
2019 report
Birth numbers continued to decrease in 2019 as deaths increased slightly
27 Oct 2020
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19
Annual Report
Number of births in Ireland continue to decrease as number of deaths increase
14 Oct 2019
22.5k
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Population Control
China's two-child policy has led to 5.4 million extra births, fewer than the government hoped
22 Aug 2019
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CSO
Slightly fewer births as death rate increases in third quarter of 2018
15 Mar 2019
8.3k
22
CSO
Number of births continues to decrease as average age of mothers rises
1 Nov 2018
38.1k
81
Birth Rate
There were 1,041 teenagers who became mothers in Ireland last year
30 May 2018
24.0k
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irish medical journal
The percentage of 'perfect' births in first-time mothers is less than 1% - study
10 May 2018
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snapshot of ireland
Heart disease and cancer are the most common causes of death in Ireland
23 Feb 2018
16.4k
15
settling down
The average age for Irish brides and grooms is getting older and older
13 Apr 2017
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births and deaths
More males are born in Ireland, but women are living longer
8 Apr 2017
18.2k
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Shifting Demographics
Islam is set to have as many followers as Christianity by 2060
6 Apr 2017
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102
CSO
Dublin's still beating Cork in the battle of the babies
31 Aug 2016
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Childbirth
One third of women have their baby by caesarean section
17 Mar 2016
16.3k
41
Easter Rising
Fascinating statistics compare modern-day Ireland to the country in 1916
2 Mar 2016
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Stats
Births, deaths, crimes, marriages and sales - A snapshot of a year in Ireland
24 Oct 2015
16.2k
15
the circle of life
Here is how many people were born, died or got married in Ireland last year
19 Jul 2015
33.5k
19
TWINNIES
Why are A LOT more twins and triplets being born in Ireland?
28 Jun 2015
56.5k
26
sex education
Teenagers are having a lot fewer children than they used to
30 May 2015
21.1k
65
Biological clock
30.3 years: That's the average age of Irish women having their first child
23 Mar 2015
23.6k
56
Drogheda
A dozen breech births at Drogheda hospital went unnoticed, but the man in charge is "confident it's safe"
11 Feb 2015
21.3k
44
Vital Statistics
Ireland's fertility rate is below what's needed to sustain our population
29 Nov 2014
17.8k
53
call the midwife
Irish people watch a baby being born for the first time, and react predictably
22 Sep 2014
3.5k
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just the facts
13 things you probably never knew about India
5 Jul 2014
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no baby boom
Women in Ireland are having fewer children
30 May 2014
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world of celebs
Elmo from Love/Hate is a daddy again... It's the Dredge
19 Mar 2014
2.6k
Wedding Bells
Shock! Irish people still love getting married
28 Feb 2014
14.7k
37
closed for business
Mount Carmel will deliver its final baby today as 200 staff leave the hospital
31 Jan 2014
13.3k
15
birth stats
Ireland has highest birth rate of all 27 EU nations
19 Nov 2013
14.3k
103
Births Marriages and Deaths
Birth rate declines by 9 per cent as marriages increase
30 Aug 2013
9.2k
54
Deep clean
Three babies infected with MSSA at Derry hospital
12 Jun 2013
5.1k
10
Birth Rate
Ireland retains highest birth rate of any EU country
20 Dec 2012
6.2k
53
Russia
Putin encourages Russian families to have an average of three children
12 Dec 2012
9.9k
30
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
16 Nov 2012
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In Figures
Births, deaths and marriages all decreased in Q1 of 2012 - CSO
4 Oct 2012
3.7k
10
Ireland by Numbers
One third of births in Ireland 'outside marriage'
11 Jul 2012
7.3k
73
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