Number of marriages falls as pandemic impacts nuptials

Marriages dropped dramatically in the third quarter of 2020 compared to a year previously. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Marriages dropped dramatically in the third quarter of 2020 compared to a year previously as the Covid-19 pandemic took its toll on nuptials, official data has shown.

Central Statistics Office (CSO) data showed there were 14,477 births in the third quarter of 2020, just over 900 fewer than the same period in 2019.