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Irish Region
GDA Population
Question | Answer |
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Population | 1.8m people 40% of the country's population, since 1946 population has doubled, inward migration from other parts of Ireland. eg the west |
Most growth 1960 onwards, increased employment in the region, most of the population in the city center | |
Population distribution changed as inner residental areas replaced by newer urban housingon the urban fringes of the city eg. Ballymun | |
Forced to sprawl westward, Irish Sea and Dublin mountains, large urbanised commuter towns eg Tallaght | |
Inward Migration | Due to its higher levels of employment and better educational opportunities attracted migrants from other parts of the country |
33% of the GDA's pop burn outside the region. Nursing, teaching., civil service attract young workers | |
IFSC has attracted workers to the private sector where wages are 10% higher than in other regions of the country | |
Multicultural city, foreign nationals make up 8% of the regions population, wide range of cultures, languages relilgions and foods | |
religious buildings eg Mosque in Clonskeagh, low levels of assimilation, language barriers many foreign nationals gain employment in areas prone to job losses | |
150'00 foreign nationals in the city returning to their native countries during the recession |