IRELAND: Dublin's population boom raises fears of a city state The booming nation's rapidly expanding capital threatens to engulf the eastern part of the country, swallowing rural communities

The Independent - London | July 27, 2002| | Copyright

THE IRISH Republic, long renowned for its booming economy, is facing a new problem: its burgeoning population. And nowhere is that phenomenon more pronounced than in Dublin, which now threatens to engulf the rural eastern half of the island with urban sprawl.

Figures from an April census released this week showed that with a population of 3.92 million - an increase of 291,249 on the last census five years ago - the number of people in the 26-county area is now at its highest since 1871.

With an annual population growth of 1.3 per cent over the past five years Ireland's rate of increase ...

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