2014 was bumper year for Irish birth rate

Ireland had the highest birth rate in the EU last year at 14.4 per one thousand residents.
That is compared to the EU average of 10.1.
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SUBSCRIBEIreland had the highest birth rate in the EU last year at 14.4 per one thousand residents.
That is compared to the EU average of 10.1.
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