Happy for the thread to be split as I agree with tets' comment, but just one point of clarification is on -
29% was a typo on my part; it should have been 20%. Taken from this Irish Examiner report here at the time, specifically -
I've said "up to 20%" as obviously I don't know what percentage of those births were closed off by this legislation, but the implication appears to be it was significant. It also quantifies it as around 6,000 births per year, not 750.Between January and June of 2002, 15% of all deliveries in Dublin were to non-nationals. This year non-nationals account for 20% of all deliveries, Dr Keane said.
I also find it quite objectionable to be casually likened to Trump btw - but as I say, I did just want to clarify that one point (in part because it included a typo on my part). And happy for the thread to be split if mods want, as certainly it'd just clutter here.
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