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Figures reveal areas of highest divorce in Ireland

There were 3,264 divorces granted in Ireland in 2015 - a divorce rate of 0.7 per 1,000 population...
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

13.31 26 Feb 2019


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Figures reveal areas of highes...

Figures reveal areas of highest divorce in Ireland

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

13.31 26 Feb 2019


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There were 3,264 divorces granted in Ireland in 2015 - a divorce rate of 0.7 per 1,000 population.

That is one of the findings contained in a report on regional Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published the 2017 report, which contains 70 indicators on regional life.

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The lowest rate of divorce was in the West at 0.3, while the rate in Dublin and in the Mid-West was three-times higher at 0.9 per 1,000 population.

About 38% of all divorces granted in 2015 were in Dublin - while the counties with the fewest number of divorces granted were Longford (22), Leitrim (28) and Galway (33).

Just over one-in-six Irish drivers had penalty points (17.7%) in December 2017.

Wexford (21.5%), Galway (20.5%) and Kildare (20.4%) had the highest proportions of drivers with penalty points.

It found that the lowest rate of drivers with penalty points was 12.9% in Co Donegal - along with Louth at 13.6% and Leitrim at 14.3%.

Divorce Source: Central Statistics Office

Commuters from the Mid-East, Midlands and Dublin were more likely to leave for work by 7.30am.

Nearly 39% of workers in the Mid-East and about 32% in the Midlands and Dublin started their journey to work by 7.30am - compared to 26% of commuters in the border region.

Nationally, seven out of every 10 private households had broadband access in 2016.

While only 58% of households in Leitrim had broadband access, compared to 86% in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Longford had the highest fertility rate at 2.25, well-above the national average of 1.81.

Cavan and Waterford County both had a fertility rate of 2.21.

The four lowest fertility rates were all in city areas: Dublin city (1.46), Cork city (1.50), Galway city (1.60) and Waterford city (1.61).

And peat was used for central heating by only 5.3% of Irish households - but was used extensively in Offaly (37.9% of households) and Roscommon (26.6%).

It is the third in a series of reports on SDGs - a set of global development targets adopted by the United Nations member countries in September 2015.


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