Irish Towns Guide » Gort

Carcinogens in Drinking Water Supply

census-analysis — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:45:20 +0000

The following Irish towns have levels of THM’s which are above the current standard in the Drinking Water Regulations. These standards are being made more strict from Dec 2008 – to 100 migro grams per litre – so these water supplies will be well above the safe levels unless something is done to rectify things. The politicians seem to be keeping quiet about this recent news from the Irish EPA )Environmental Protection Agency) .

Ennis
Ennistymon
Ballintra
Ballinasloe
Gort
Inishere
Killimor
Kinvara
Loughrea
Roundstone
Spiddal
Dingle
Clogh-Castlecomer
Inistioge
Mountmellick
Kiltimagh
East Meath
Trim
Killarney

THMs are Cancer Group B carcinogens (shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals). Trichloromethane (chloroform) is by far the most common in most water systems. Dibromochloromethane is the most serious cancer risk, (0.6 ug/l to cause a 10-6 cancer risk increase) followed in order by Bromoform (4 ug/l), and Chloroform (6 ug/l).

Rental Accommodation – Longford has the most

census-analysis — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:45:46 +0000

Towns with the most rented dwellings in Ireland:
Out of all the towns with a population over 1500 – these are the top 10 for rented occupation : (The average for the country is 28.11%)
Longford 47.26%
Ballaghaderreen 47.14
Carrick-on-Shannon 45.67
Skibbereen 45.28
Galway City 43.63
Ballyhaunis 43.35
An Daingean 41.86
Cavan 40.74
New Ross 40.36
Gort 40.33

Top 20 Ethnically Diverse Towns

census-analysis — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:15:36 +0000

Ethnic Diversity in Ireland:
Immigration in Ireland has grown in the past decade – and the 2006 census provided figures on ethnic origins of residents. Ireland also has it’s own ethnic group – the Travellers and this category was included in the 2006 census for the first time.

These are the 20 towns with the highest percentage of non “White Irish” in Ireland (This includes “Other”, “Traveller”, “Black”, “Black Irish”, “Asian”, “Asian Irish” and “Other White”

Ballyhaunis, Mayo (45.93%)
Gort, Galway (39.2%)
Rathkeale, Limerick (31.76%)
Ballinrobe, Mayo (31.31%)
Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon (27.68%)
Clonee Village, Meath (27.5%)
Bunclody-Carrickduff,Carlow/Wexford (26.94%)
Monaghan, Monaghan (25.88%)
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan (24.85%)
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon (24.66%)
Oldcastle, Meath (24.63%)
Longford, Longford (24.56%)
Cahir, South Tipperary (24.1%)
Kenmare, Kerry (23.11%)
Kinsale, Cork (22.17%)
Athenry, Galway (21.21%)
Roscommon, Roscommon (21.07%)
Ballybay, Monaghan (21.02%)
Cavan (20.53%)

If Travellers are taken out of the calculation – then the 20 most ethnically diverse towns are as follows: (Showing percentage of population that are not “White Irish” or ” White Irish Traveller”)

Ballyhaunis, Mayo 40.55
Gort, Galway 38.68
Clonee Village, Meath 27.50
Ballaghaderreen, Roscommon 26.49
Ballinrobe, Mayo 24.86
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan 24.85
Oldcastle, Meath 24.63
Monaghan, Monaghan 23.74
Kenmare, Kerry 23.12
Cahir, South Tipperary 22.92
Kinsale, Cork 22.17
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon 21.58
Ballybay, Monaghan 20.85
Roscommon, Roscommon 20.40
Longford, Longford 19.96
Oranmore, Galway 19.52
Cavan, Cavan 19.08
Carrickmacross, Monaghan 18.96
Millstreet, Cork 17.95
Swords, Fingal 17.81

Gort has 40% born outside Ireland

census-analysis — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:29:17 +0000

Gort in Co Galway has 40.74% of it’s population that were born outside Ireland. Those born in the American continent make up just over 34% of the total population. Many of these people came from Brazil in the last decade.

Towns dependent on Construction

census-analysis — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:47:34 +0000

Construction Workers in Ireland

The building and construction sector accounts for 8.69% of all the employment in Ireland – according to responses in the 2006 Census.

Some towns depend much more on construction for jobs than others – and could be harder hit if the slowdown in house building continues.

Gort – in Galway has a massive 23% of it’s workforce employed in building – almost one quarter of all jobs in the town.

These are the top ten towns (with populations over 1500) for construction-based work.

Gort 23.27%

Kanturk 18.64%

Ballaghaderreen 17.95 %

Carndonagh 17.59%

Dunmanway 16.66 %

Killorglin 16.46%

Enniscorthy 15.4%

Carrick-on-Suir 15%

Duleek 14.95%

Athboy 14.8%

The town with the least people occupied in the building industry is Annacotty – with just 3.16% of the workforce employed in the sector.

The towns of Malahide , Donabate , Portmarnock, Kinsealy-Drinan and Shannon all had less than 5% of their workforce in the building trade.

All figures calculated from the 2006 Census – taken in May 2006