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Does Northern Ireland have a majority Catholic population?

10 November 2023

The National Catholic Reporter published an article with the headline: “Northern Ireland has majority Catholic population for first time, UK census shows.” Is this right?

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Would 35 million people live in Ireland if it was as densely populated as England?

5 April 2023

On 25 March, Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey claimed on social media: “Had we English levels of density we’d have a population of 35 million.” Mr

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Does Northern Ireland have the highest number of children in care since 1995?

8 February 2022

In January 2022, 3,566 children in Northern Ireland were recorded as being in care, which is the highest recorded figure since 1995, according to Department