Census

Editorial Opinion Population growth shines a light on future challenges

A few weeks ago, we learned that our population had reached 5.1 million. This, we were told, was the highest since the Famine, when the 1851 census recorded 5.11 million.

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Census 2022: Ireland’s population passes the five-million mark for the first time since 1851 – here’s what we learned

THE first results from the 2022 census are out. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) published the preliminary results of the first population-wide survey since 2016 this morning. The official results of the 2022 census will be released next April.

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Bob Jordan Opinion Apartments can help solve the housing crisis by contributing to sustainable communities in our cities

What springs to mind when someone tells you they have bought their own home? A three-bedroom semi-detached?

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John Connell Opinion A night to reflect on my family’s history – and the wonders that will live on after me

As we sat down to fill out our census forms, I reflected on how my family has been in this county a long time.

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‘Did we avert climate disaster? And did Mayo ever win the All-Ireland?’

Did humanity come together to take the steps needed to protect the planet or are ye now building spaceships to join the Elon Musk-founded colony on Mars?

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Editorial Opinion Census night is your chance to be counted

According to Albert Einstein, intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it. And that is why enumerators all over the country have been knocking on our doors compiling the national Census.

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Census night: The country is filling out census forms tonight – here’s what you need to know

Census night takes place tonight, Sunday, April 3. Here we answer some of your top questions.

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Lauren Beehan Opinion My grandad’s death means I ‘officially’ no longer speak French: how the Census gets languages wrong

According to the State, I no longer speak French. Question 14 on the Census form became a surprising tearjerker for me: Do you speak a language other than English or Irish at home?

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This Working Life – Veteran census enumerator Ann Reilly on the big push to hit every house in Ireland

Ann Reilly is a Census Liaison Officer

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CSO blames EU for its decision to treat Northern Ireland as a separate country on census form

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is categorising Northern Ireland as a separate country in this year’s census form, and says EU regulations are to blame.

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Census will include a unique chance to record a personal ‘time capsule’

Every household member in Ireland will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to record their lives for posterity when they fill out their census forms next month.

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Jon Smith Opinion Will your census ‘time capsule’ be a message for the ages?

“It’s just so we can tell how many people there are in the country,” says the census worker with a smile as she hands me our form.

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Kirsty Blake Knox Opinion Don’t overthink what you put in your Census 2022 time capsule

This year the census is getting fancy. A new time capsule category will be added where you can send a message to people living 100 years from now.

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Explainer: Census 2022 will take place in one month’s time – here is what you need to know

Ireland’s next census will take place one month from today on Sunday 3 April and will include new questions on childcare and working from home,

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Mary Kenny Opinion Catholic, Anglican, Jedi or no faith... why you should complete the census form according to your own conscience

People who are not religious, or who no longer practise a faith, should be sure to put “no religion” on the Irish census form next month – urges the Humanist Association of Ireland. It’s important, says Jillian Brennan of the HAI, that the “no religion” category should emerge emphatically from the census statistics, so as to ensure “a more inclusive future for all Irish citizens”.

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April census counts as a ‘lower-risk activity’ for nervous pollsters

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) was reassured that carrying out this year’s census would be a “lower-risk activity” with little reason for it not to go ahead.