tut tut tut tut tut....

davet82

CSO released figures today showing that 47% of children born in Limerick last year were to single mothers, way ahead of their nearest rivals Cork and Galway at 25%…


What’s going on in Limerick?


As a Dub I’m taking the moral high ground today… :pac: mwhah haw haw haw

DrumSteve

davet82 wrote: »

CSO released figures today showing that 47% of children born in Limerick last year were to single mothers, way ahead of their nearest rivals Cork and Galway at 25%…

What’s going on in Limerick?
As a Dub I’m taking the moral high ground today… :pac: mwhah haw haw haw

Thats better.

EDIT: Damn you keith.

cournioni

davet82 wrote: »

What’s going on in Limerick?

Evidently, a hell of a lot of fornicating...

msg11

davet82 wrote: »

CSO released figures today showing that 47% of children born in Limerick last year were to single mothers, way ahead of their nearest rivals Cork and Galway at 25%…


What’s going on in Limerick?


As a Dub I’m taking the moral high ground today… :pac: mwhah haw haw haw

They need to start handing out free contraception !

foxyboxer

The Rubberlessbandits.

The King of Moo

A rise in popularity of plastic Spar bags being used as contraception due to the success of the Rubberbandits.

DrumSteve

The King of Moo wrote: »

A rise in popularity of plastic Spar bags being used as contraception due to the success of the Rubberbandits.

I heard tayto bags are quite useful too.

smash

My font is bigger than yours!

Leo Dowling

Tut tut tut?

Fúck off.

working fool

Amnesia inducing fornacation to be exact

who the fug

But as there be no maternity hospitals in Clare, are they not taking the blame for two counties

davet82

Leo Dowling wrote: »

Tut tut tut?

Fúck off.

No i wont :P

flanders1979

I wonder how many had the fathers name on the birth certificate.
I would find that statistic more interesting.

Jen Pigs Fly

Durty Huares

davet82

who the fug wrote: »

But as there be no maternity hospitals in Clare, are they not taking the blame for two counties

pffft.... excuses, excuses

Son Of A Vidic

davet82 wrote: »

What’s going on in Limerick?

I suspect this one might not be the brightest bulb in the box.

ejmaztec

Praise be to immaculate conception. The RC Church is back on track again.

John Doe1

Lack of convents

uch

DrumSteve wrote: »

I heard tayto bags are quite useful too.

Nah, they tear the Mickey off ya.

minidazzler

Anyone got a link to this?

Skerries

a torn mickey?

davet82

minidazzler wrote: »

Anyone got a link to this?

uh oh...

racso1975

I know where i'm heading for st patricks weekend!!!! Giggidy goo

davet82

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

I suspect this one might not be the brightest bulb in the box.

I suspect one might be from Limerick

minidazzler

davet82 wrote: »

uh oh...

So your statement is bull then?

davet82

minidazzler wrote: »

So your statement is bull then?

no seriously, my source is dubious though, page 2 of the irish sun today... i found it on a bus before i get slated!

lastlaugh

Girls from Limerick will drop their panties at the drop of a hat.

who the fug

racso1975 wrote: »

I know where i'm heading for st patricks weekend!!!! Giggidy goo

Give all that unprotected sex that be going on, I don't think so

davet82

lastlaugh wrote: »

Girls from Limerick will drop their panties at the drop of a hat.

yup, great bunch of girls alright

curlzy

I wonder is this correct though, maybe they meant unmarried rather than single? Which are two different things.

curlzy

lastlaugh wrote: »

Girls from Limerick will drop their panties at the drop of a hat.

davet82 wrote: »

yup, great bunch of girls alright

Eh hello, doesn't say much for the fellas either.

davet82

curlzy wrote: »

I wonder is this correct though, maybe they meant unmarried rather than single? Which are two different things.

defo said single

davet82

curlzy wrote: »

Eh hello, doesn't say much for the fellas either.

fellas are dirty bastards everywhere

Caveman1

davet82 wrote: »

no seriously, my source is dubious though, page 2 of the irish sun today... i found it on a bus before i get slated!

We wont slate ya, you were obviously looking at the wonderful page 3 when ya stumbled across this story :pac:

kryogen

Not enough priests

Dymo

Sure they can't marry the fathers if there already married!

Nothingbetter2d

could it be that people in limerick at lazier at trying to make a relationship work?

Yakult

I wonder how many are really single and not just trying to claim more money from our penniless government.

davet82

Yakult wrote: »

I wonder how many are really single and not just trying to claim more money from our penniless government.

can of worms

AeoNGriM

Looks like the McCarthy-Dundon gang will reach their recruitment quota for the year then.....

:pac:

Anyone

The 47% is actually 100% of Moyross.

Logical Fallacy

davet82 wrote: »

CSO released figures today showing that 47% of children born in Limerick last year were to single mothers, way ahead of their nearest rivals Cork and Galway at 25%…


What’s going on in Limerick?


As a Dub I’m taking the moral high ground today… :pac: mwhah haw haw haw

The problem is that people cannot talk about social issues without disappearing up their own holes.

Also, sex is awesome.

AeoNGriM

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

The problem is that people cannot talk about social issues without disappearing up their own holes.

Also, sex is awesome.

I thought the point of sex was to disappear up someone else's hole?

:pac:

Tomk1

Just sounds like more women are being independent, and not being pressured into getting married, one baby is enough to take care off. Fair play to them.

I don't know many people who are married, but as partners live together happily, just because two people have a baby, doesn't mean club her over the head and drag her back to the cave.

But I agree with the thread title, imagine quoting the sun as a source of information. ''tut tut tut''

-shaking my head in pure disbelief

Procasinator

You can view stats in this report:
http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/vitalstats/2011/vstats_q22011.pdf

cournioni wrote: »

Evidently, a hell of a lot of fornicating...

Actually, no. While Limerick City has the highest rate of births outside of marriage, it also has the lowest rate of birth (a total of 172 births).

I don't know what the OP meant by nearest rivals, but there are other areas with closer figures. For instance, limerick is 53% percent to married partners where Waterford is 54% - not a huge difference.

Limerick Couty has 70% births to married partners (532 births).

davet82

Procasinator wrote: »

You can view stats in this report:
http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/releasespublications/documents/vitalstats/2011/vstats_q22011.pdf




Actually, no. While Limerick City has the highest rate of births outside of marriage, it also has the lowest rate of birth (a total of 172 births).

I don't know what the OP meant by nearest rivals, but there are other areas with closer figures. For instance, limerick is 53% percent to married partners where Waterford is 54% - not a huge difference.

Limerick Couty has 70% births to married partners (532 births).

dont shoot the messenger, it was a 10 sentence story in the irish sun

Procasinator

davet82 wrote: »

dont shoot the messenger, it was a 10 sentence story in the irish sun

Not shooting the messenger, but I think the "nearest rival" is your phrasing, not the articles.

Looking at: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0223/1224312243388.html

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0223/1224312243388.html wrote:

The highest percentage of births outside marriage occurred in Limerick city, at 47 per cent.

Counties Cork and Galway had the lowest percentage of such births, at 25 per cent each.

Which is to say it's a bad contrast to compare the highest with the lowest. That, and nearest rival makes little sense, as geographically there are lots near (Tipperary, Clare, Kerry) and "rivals" doesn't seem to apply unless we are talking about GAA.

As I said, Waterford (54% married) would be a better comparison, but others like Wexford (57%) or Dublin City, South Dublin, Louth (each 59%) aren't that far off.

davet82

Procasinator wrote: »

Not shooting the messenger, but I think the "nearest rival" is your phrasing, not the articles.

thats what it said in the article as far as i remembered, 10 sentences i'd say in the irish sun, not much detail, probably edited for some sensationalism

the post was mainly tongue n cheek anyways, i thought that was obvious

davet82

Procasinator wrote: »

or Dublin City, South Dublin, Louth (each 59%)

jaysus, ya just couldnt let the dubs have one victory could ya :P

biko

davet82 wrote: »

CSO released figures today showing that 47% of children born in Limerick last year were to single mothers, way ahead of their nearest rivals Cork and Galway at 25%…

"Umarried" isn't the same as "single" you know. They might be in long term relationships but not married.
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/nearly-half-of-all-births-in-limerick-city-are-outside-marriage-3028687.html

The highest percentage of births outside marriage occurred in Limerick city at 47pc, while the lowest percentage occurred in Cork county and Galway county, both at 25pc..

davet82

the aricle said single it the irish sun

technically its the same thing probably why they printed it that way, to get people ringing up joe... i only wanted to point out that it was limerick and not dublin (which i expected to be the leader) as a pizz take

you ruined it on me anyways