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Census 2016 Results

An Ciarraioch · 2017-04-06 13:10:31

Some interesting stats - 10% of population stated they have "no religion" (475,000) and the number of Irish speakers has fallen for the first time since 1946. Net immigration fell by 28,000, but some variations, with a 78% spike in Spanish nationals (12,100), Brazilians up 56% (13,600) and Italians increasing by 53%…

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#182 09-04-2017 1:48pm
JayRoc

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I don't get you.
How do you get this

One eyed Jack wrote: »

The schools under the patronage of the RCC would still be run by the RCC regardless of how many people identify as Roman Catholic, .

from this

One eyed Jack wrote: »

because the State is obliged to provide for education, which means that it's the number of children enrolled in a school determines the amount of funding provided for their education, regardless of the children's religious affiliation or none

??

If there are fewer catholics, then the argument that the majority of schools should be under the patronage of the church because the majority of people are catholic, doesn't hold up any longer.

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#183 09-04-2017 4:32pm
Ush1

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Lies, damn lies and statistics. Never a truer phrase.

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