Falling immigration is slowing Irish population growth
Aug 20th, 2008 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
The CSO said today that falling immigration is slowing Irish population growth. The total number of immigrants into Ireland in the year to April 2008 fell by 26,000 to 83,800, while the number of emigrants has shown a marginal increase on the previous year to 45,300. As a result net Irish migration is estimated to have fallen from 67,300 in the year ending April 2007 to 38,500 in the most recent period.