Ireland’s population is getting older fast as fertility rates fall rapidly, with serious social consequences. The latest projections from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) highlight dramatic demographic transformations ahead. These projections, covering the period from 2023 to 2057, provide insights into population growth, ageing trends, fertility rates, and migration patterns. They are based on three...

Press Release from the Iona Institute New CSO figures confirm Ireland’s plummeting birth rate   Rate of natural population increase is now only half what it was 10 years ago September 25, 2023  – Figures released today by the CSO show that the number of births over deaths in the year to April 2023 was...

Introduction: Ireland has witnessed some very dramatic social changes in the last decades and we see these strongly at work in the area of family life. We have witnessed a decline in the rate of marriage, a huge growth in the number of people who are divorced or separated, a decline in the fertility rate...