Tag: Ireland
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Northern Ireland census shows Catholics out-number Protestants for the first time
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency has today released the results of the 2021 census. As widely anticipated, it shows for the first time that Northern Ireland has more Catholics (45.7%) than Protestants (43.48%) (See update below). This is inevitably a historic moment given that Northern Ireland was founded on the basis of a…
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Breakthrough on Ireland’s Brexit border
Negotiators for the UK and the EU have today reached agreement on the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement in relation to Northern Ireland. As part of the deal, the UK will withdraw planned legislation that would have over-ridden international law.