Hello and welcome to our coverage of Census 2022. A fresh picture of Ireland has emerged today with a huge volume of data published by the Central Statistics Office highlighting a growing and an ageing population which is more diverse than ever with a sharp fall in the numbers professing to be Catholic. We have all the details here.
Census 2022 results: fewer Catholics, more home-working, a larger older population - what the data shows
It is the first time in 171 years that Ireland’s population exceeded the five million threshold
