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Northern Ireland census finds Catholics outnumber Protestants for the first time
Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time in what has been described as a “hugely significant and historic moment”. How likely is a united Ireland and when could ...
The Irish News5d
Why is the Protestant Population in Decline? – On This Day in 1975
The Catholic population ... thousand in 1971. (In Northern Ireland almost 10 per cent gave no information on religion in the 1971 census). The emigration rate among the Protestant population ...
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Another challenge for UK unity: latest census shows Catholics are a majority in Northern Ireland
When Northern Ireland was founded in 1921 as part of the United Kingdom, two-thirds of the population was Protestant, in strong contrast to the largely Catholic Irish state to the south.
The Independent9d
NI chief constable concerned over lack of Catholics applying to join police
Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said the number of Catholics applying to join ... into not just the nationalist community but the Protestant working class communities, ethnic minority ...
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Letter: If you look closely at the factors around integrated education in Bangor, it is clear that Paul Givan made the right decision in turning down such status for two schools
All the more so when many, if not most, Catholic ... Protestant children. Transformation has significant implications for every aspect of the life of a school. The Northern Ireland Council for ...
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Givan rejects schools' bids to become integrated
A clear majority of parents of pupils had backed the change at Bangor ... of both Protestant and Roman Catholic children and young people. The first integrated school in Northern Ireland, Lagan ...