Unleashing 'The Blue Wave' A Strategy for Dublin GAA - Croke Park

UNLEASHING “THE blue wave” A Strategy for Dublin GAA 2011-2017
3. challenges
facing dublin gaa
3.1 » Dublin’s Demographic Time bomb
Dublin is home to 20% of the population of Ireland. Our Association is a 32
county organisation but due to the different jurisdictions an analysis of
population figures on a like for like basis presents various challenges. The
total population of the island based on the preliminary 2011 Census for the
26 counties and projections for the 6 counties is 6,364,281. An analysis by
province is shown in the pie chart but all further population figures in the
report are based on the 26 counties.
In the period from 2002 to 2005 there were circa 61,000 births per annum
in the 26 counties with approximately 26% of the births to mothers resident
in Dublin. However, from 2006 the annual number of births increased to
65,425 rising to over 74,500 in 2010 with the number of births to mothers
resident in Dublin approaching 30% of the total for the 26 counties.
The concentration of the population in Dublin has historically been
alleviated by the movement to dormitory towns around Dublin, but in the
context of the current economic climate with negative equity on dwellings in
Dublin and the shortage of finance, this movement will create less of an
impact in the future. These challenges are obviously issues not just for the
GAA but for all stakeholders in the county.
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