Baby And Wedding Boom In Ireand
Updated : Jul 2, 2009
You can't get much happier news than love sharing. And there certainly seems to be a whole lot of loving going on in Ireland as the country is experiencing a major baby boom and an increase in marriages. Well either that or there is nothing on the tele.
Birth rates hitting their highest in almost 30 years.
New CSO statistics show births rates are back to levels of over 65,000 per year, a level not seen since the 1970s.
And marriage is proving more popular than ever, with figures showing a large increase in people tying the knot.
According to the latest CSO births report for 2006 -- 65,425 babies -- 33,665 males and 31,770 females -- were born, compared with 61,372 births in 2005.
Nearly 70,000 births were recorded between 1971 and 1980, before dropping to 61,629 between 1981 and 1990.
