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Whatever happens in scotland, census results show the underlying picture here is also in flux. when queen elizabeth took the throne in the 1950s, more than 6 out of 10 people here were protestant and there was no doubt a clear majority of northern irelands population — roughly two thirds — favoured the union. the latest census reveals, though, that for the first time people here from a catholic background outnumber their neighbours from the protestant community. its important, of course, not...

There are risks around the union at the moment, and i think it is crucial for everyone, you know, who believes in the union to make a really positive case for it. and i think we also need to sort of engage the wider business communities, the civil society. of course its important for those of us in elected office to explain that unity and working together its the most successful political union in history. i wouldnt be able to make any kind of a prediction about whether or not northern ireland w...

Who believes in the union to make a really positive case for it. and i think we also need to sort of engage the wider business communities, the civil society. of course its important for those of us in elected office, to explain that unity and working together has tremendous advantages. its the most successful political union in history. | i wouldnt be able to make any kindj of a prediction about whether or not i northern ireland will be breakingl away from the union anytime soon, but if the opi...

The latest data from last years census shows theres been a decline in the number of people who speak the welsh language. the figure dropped from 19% to less than 18 per cent of the population of wales. 0wain evans reports. the government has a target of creating 1 million welsh speakers by 2050. according to census results, we are heading in the wrong direction. the percentage of welsh speakers has decreased by 1.2% since the last census. there has been a decrease in nearly every authority area....

Whatever happens in scotland, last weeks census results show the underlying picture here is also in flux. when queen elizabeth took the throne in the 1950s, more than six out of 10 people here were protestant and there was no doubt a clear majority of northern irelands population — roughly two—thirds — favoured the union. the latest census reveals, though, that for the first time people here from a catholic background outnumber their neighbours from the protestant community. its important,...

I wouldnt be able to make any kind of a prediction about whether or not northern ireland will be breaking away from the union anytime soon, but if the opinion polls are to be believed and sinn fein does win the next election and lead the next government in dublin, certainly you will hear talk of a desire for a united ireland ramping up a good few notches. whatever happens in scotland, last weeks census results show the underlying picture here is also influx. when queen elizabeth took the throne ...

BELFAST (Reuters) -Northern Ireland has more Catholics than Protestants for the first time, census results showed on Thursday, a historic shift that some see as likely to help drive support for the region to split from Britain and join a united Ireland. The shift comes a century after the Northern Ireland state was established with the aim of maintaining a pro-British, Protestant "unionist" majority as a counterweight to the newly independent, predominantly Catholic, Irish state to th...

The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency has released further results from the census held on 21 March 2021. The usually resident population on censu...

JUST shy of 130 properties have been identified as potentially being involved in short-term letting due to proactive work by the Local Authority.

Had in their manifesto commitments to hold a referendum. she says the democratic will of the scottish people should not be denied. but the actual details have been a closely guarded secret and we will find out what they are in about an hour. thank you very much, lorna gordon, there. the time is 1:18pm. our top story this lunchtime: at least a6 people have been found dead in an abandoned lorry in texas, 150 miles from the us—mexican border. and still to come, we see what the latest census resul...