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Census 2001: Inaccuate forecasts

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Despite recent headlines to the contrary, Gerry Moriarty in the subscription only Irish Times, believes the actual figures are good news for ‘Protestants’: “The 53/44 figure will provide some reassurance for unionists who were confronted with a number of recent …

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Embarrassing leak

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Uh oh! Someone in the Republic’s government has sprung a very awkward leak. Embarrassing details were released to the press when a dossier was inadvertently left behind in the press area at yesterday’s meeting of the the Republic’s Minister of …

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Census 2001: Press round up

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David McKitterick reports a rise in the numbers of Catholics in Belfast. In the Examiner, Dan Buckley focuses on population changes in Belfasts, that have practical effects: “Many Catholic districts of Belfast are now bursting at the seams, while some …

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Census 2001: Figures released

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The key figures are now available. The introduction and table of contents here may help with navigation.

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Census 2001: Outcomes long rather than short term

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Unionist commentator and advisor to David Trimble, Steven King suggests that the All-Ireland corks may have been popping too soon. He points out: “Department of Education figures show that the proportion of children educated at Catholic primary schools is below …

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Politics and religious difference in children

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To those of you puzzled as to why so much political focus is being put on the religious make-up, this study conducted by three academics and funded by the Community Relations Council in July, might throuw some light on its …

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Census 2001: Early estimates

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Earliest indications from the BBC suggest that the final figures will be more like 53% Protestant and 44% Catholic. Other reports from RTE and UTV concur with this estimate.

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Census 2001: Irish speakers

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Aside from the issue of total in the religious populations before they were announced this morning, Sinn Fein focused on the rising numbers of Irish speakers, they expect to be demonstrated in the figures.

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Britishness is popular with ethnic minorites

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Interesting poll in the Guardian suggests that while British is an increasingly unpopular term, the group that most closely relates to the term are the ethnic minorities in Britain. Alison Walker, the principle researcher: “…the biggest divergence from the national …

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Census 2001: Catholic numbers to be less than predicted?

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Gerry Moriarty. Northern Editor of the Irish Times is the first to hint (sub only) that the figures in census currently being bandied around, may prove to be hugely exagerating the final numbers of Catholics in the Province: “Some reports …