Ireland introduces strict new immigration rules to curb population growth

Ireland has introduced stricter immigration rules, with its justice minister citing a "worryingly" high rate of population ...
Irish Central

Northern Ireland’s population continues upward trend, surpasses 1.9 million

Northern Ireland’s population as of June 30, 2022, was 1,910,500, Northern Ireland’s Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) said in its 2022 Mid-year Population Estimate, published on Thursday, August ...
Irish Central

Ireland’s population increases 8%, exceeds 5 million for the first time since 1851

Ireland’s population increased by 8% (387,274 people) between April 2016 and April 2022, Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Tuesday, May 30. There were 5,149,139 people in the Irish ...

Ireland tightens immigration rules in bid to slow population growth

Ireland introduced measures to tighten its immigration rules on Wednesday that the justice minister said were aimed at slowing a "worryingly" high rate of population growth amid numbers seeking asylum ...
National Catholic Reporter

Northern Ireland has majority Catholic population for first time, UK census shows

The territory of Northern Ireland was created in 1921 with the explicit goal of creating a region primarily for Protestants who wished to remain a part of the United Kingdom. Now, 101 years later, ...