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Population rises to 5.5m but the number of births continues to decline

CSO figures show 12% decrease in number of immigrants compared with corresponding period ending in April 2025

By Órla Ryan
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#2321
First seen
24 Aug 2026, 13:25 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 05:56 UTC
Version history
2 versions
Current fingerprint
78e78b6c135f...61ce9a
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 13:14 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Órla Ryan
Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
CSO figures show 12% decrease in number of immigrants compared with corresponding period ending in April 2025
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    Revision observed

    Population rises to 5.5m but the number of births continues to decline

    CSO figures show 12% decrease in number of immigrants compared with corresponding period ending in April 2025

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    Initial capture

    Population rises to 5.5m but number of under 14s falls below 1m for first time since 2014

    CSO figures show 12% decrease in number of immigrants compared with corresponding period ending in April 2025

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#2042
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 15:40 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
833,604 bytes, private gzip evidence
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news-ledger/0.1
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