Divorce and remarriage are both on the increase

Divorce and remarriage are on the rise as latest figures show almost 88,000 people are divorced here — a nine-fold increase since 1996.

The latest figures relating to Census 2011 point out that, despite the booming divorce rate, remarriage is also thriving here, with almost 43,000 saying they had tied the knot again last year. This is up from 6,641 in 1996 and 31,795 in 2011.

Overall, men are much more likely to remarry, with 39% of divorced men remarried compared with only 28% of divorced women.