Father's Day stats: Just how many dads are there in Ireland?

Former president of the United States, Richard Nixon, ensured Father’s Day carried the weight of law.

Father's Day stats: Just how many dads are there in Ireland?
Sat, 17 Jun, 2017 - 01:00
Evelyn Ring

“To have a father — to be a father — is to come very near the heart of life itself,” Nixon proclaimed on May 1, 1972.

With Father’s Day tomorrow, the CSO took the time to see just how many dads there are here — 673,609 according to Census 2016 — leaving the statisticians to wonder just how many will get socks this weekend.

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