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Slight Drop In Number Of Non-Nationals Living Here

There's been a slight drop in the number of non-nationals living in Ireland, according to the latest...
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12:01 PM - 21 Sep 2017



Slight Drop In Number Of Non-N...

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Slight Drop In Number Of Non-Nationals Living Here

TodayFM
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12:01 PM - 21 Sep 2017



There's been a slight drop in the number of non-nationals living in Ireland, according to the latest Census figures released by the CSO.

There there were 535,475 people from 200 different countries living here that year - down 1.6% compared to 2011.

The number of people with dual citizenship, however, almost doubled - up more than 87%.

Dublin City had the largest numbers of non-national residents, while Leitrim and Sligo had the lowest.

The CSO says Galway was the most multicultural city, with 18.6% of its resident population recorded as non-Irish - compared to just over 17% in Dublin city.

People from Poland, Britain and Lithuania represented the largest groups of non-Irish residents here.



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