Taoiseach urges caution about border poll talk despite historic Northern Irish census results

The Census 2021 figures, published this morning, show there are more Catholics than Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since partition

Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition of the island, census figures show. Picture: PA Wire

Taoiseach Micheál Martin urged caution about holding a border poll in Northern Ireland on the back ofThursday's census results in Northern Ireland, echoing remarks from Minister Simon Harris earlier today.

The results show that there are more Catholics than Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition of the island.