Ireland’s population passes 5m for first time since C19th famine

Grafton Street in Dublin city centre. The republic’s population grew by 34,000, or 0.7%, in the year to April. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Grafton Street in Dublin city centre. The republic’s population grew by 34,000, or 0.7%, in the year to April. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/31/ireland-population-surpasses-5m-for-first-time-since-1851