Births, deaths, no mention of taxes but at least one reference to Brexit - the 2018 Annual Report of the Civil Registration Service has offered an insight into how we live, how we get married and much more besides. According to the report, 115,286 life events were registered last year, slightly fewer than in previous years. According to the report: "Births registered in 2018 were some one-fifth less than the number registered in 2008." There were also 75 new entries in the Register of Gender Recognition last year, including of two people under the age of 18. It also shows that 10% of all marriages were conducted by a secular body, more than double the comparable percentage in 2014.

Source: Irish Examiner October 14, 2019 14:03 UTC