tut tut tut tut tut....

davet82 · 23-02-2012 03:33PM

curlzy wrote: »

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

defo said single

davet82 · 23-02-2012 03:33PM

curlzy wrote: »

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

fellas are dirty bastards everywhere

Caveman1 · 23-02-2012 03:37PM

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 · 23-02-2012 03:40PM

Not enough priests

Dymo · 23-02-2012 03:47PM

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

Nothingbetter2d · 23-02-2012 03:52PM

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

Yakult · 23-02-2012 03:53PM

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

davet82 · 23-02-2012 03:54PM

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 · 23-02-2012 03:56PM

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

:pac:

Anyone · 23-02-2012 03:58PM

The 47% is actually 100% of Moyross.

Logical Fallacy · 23-02-2012 04:00PM

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 · 23-02-2012 04:05PM

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 · 23-02-2012 04:13PM

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 · 23-02-2012 04:23PM

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 · 23-02-2012 04:26PM

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 · 23-02-2012 04:37PM

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 · 23-02-2012 04:42PM

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 · 23-02-2012 04:46PM

Procasinator wrote: »

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

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

biko · 23-02-2012 05:01PM

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 · 23-02-2012 05:05PM

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

Abi · 23-02-2012 05:07PM

flanders1979 wrote: »

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

Yakult wrote: »

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

biko wrote: »

"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

Literally took the words out of my mouth.

Use the words 'single mothers' and the pitch forks are out. As Biko rightly pointed out, there are people in long term relationships with children out of wedlock. Nowt like a good aul shit-stir, eh?

Micky Dolenz · 23-02-2012 05:10PM

davet82 wrote: »

I suspect one might be from Limerick

What exactly does that mean?

Procasinator · 23-02-2012 05:11PM

biko wrote: »

"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

There is truth to this. Out of the 81 births in Limerick City to unmarried parents, 39 of these were to people of the same address*. The 2 parents being at the same address would often mean they are cohabitating partners.

(Unless I've misinterpreted what "same address" column means in the tables of the CSO report)

Ricardo G · 23-02-2012 05:13PM

One answer. Threesome's...... it takes one man to impregnate 2 women.... so yes it is the mans fault for being so darn greedy

davet82 · 23-02-2012 05:13PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

What exactly does that mean?

That means that the guy who tried to insult me (i took it as joke btw and thought it was funny) must be from limerick as i brought that information forth about his home town...

ie it was a joke, he may not be from limerick

Micky Dolenz · 23-02-2012 05:21PM

davet82 wrote: »

That means that the guy who tried to insult me (i took it as joke btw and thought it was funny) must be from limerick as i brought that information forth about his home town...

ie it was a joke, he may not be from limerick

Oh, I always thought jokes were meant to be funny.

davet82 · 23-02-2012 05:22PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Oh, I always thought jokes were meant to be funny.

Different strokes, for different folks

I also realised you set me up for that one, well done you

OwenM · 23-02-2012 06:08PM

IIRC Limerick city as the CSO measures it excludes dooradoyle, raheen, and castletroy. The true stats if they included these areas might be quite different....

Morag · 23-02-2012 06:12PM

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%…

Single according to those stats means to women who are not married, that does not mean they are alone parents.

angry kitten · 23-02-2012 06:15PM

msg11 wrote: »

They need to start handing out free contraception !

They get free contraception with their medical cards. But breeding like rabbits gets them a council house/rent allowance, dole, Childrens allowance, crisis loans etc. Also means they will probably never ever do an honest days work in their lives. Makes you wonder why the rest of us don't get in on the act, oh I know why, a little thing called self respect.

tut tut tut tut tut....

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