The fertility rate also dropped from 1.9 in 2015 to 1.5 in 2025.
Data breakdown.
Non-committal.
“I’m taking a very serious approach.”
Mounting pressure.
Housing crisis.
Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan confirms that his Department owns dozens of residential houses for accommodating asylum seekers, but says these were previously bought under Roderic O’Gorman’s Department of Integration, and that “I don’t have any intention of procuring more”.
New trend emerging.
Re-entry bans.
Ongoing process.
“There’s a lot of frustration there.”
“It’s now that we need the leadership that Micheál Martin displays more than ever.”