Number of births in Ireland falls by 25% in past decade

The average age of women for all births registered in 2020 was 33.1 years (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

The number of births registered in Ireland has fallen by more than a quarter in the past 10 years, figures show.

Some 55,959 births were registered last year, down more than 6% on the previous year, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data found.