Carcinogens in Drinking Water Supply

Posted on April 5th, 2008 in An Daingean, Castlecomer-Donaguile, Ennis, Gort, Ireland, Killarney, Living in Ireland, Loughrea, Trim by census-analysis

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).

Dirty Old Towns…

Posted on January 8th, 2008 in Athlone, Best Places in Ireland, Bray, Castlebar, Cavan, Clonmel, Cobh, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Fermoy, Galway City, Ireland, Kilkenny, Killarney, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Living in Ireland, Naas, Navan, Nenagh, Sligo, Waterford City, Youghal by census-analysis

Most of the date used on this site is from the Census - but a recent interesting  litter survey was published on all towns in Ireland with more than 6000 population.
The littering survey ranked the 50 towns in order of cleanest first, The full table is shown below (From the Irish Business Against Litter). Sligo came out worst (dirtiest) and Dundalk came out the best (cleanest)

1. Dundalk “Litter Free”
2. Cavan “Litter Free”
3. Fermoy “Litter Free”
4. Trim “Litter Free”
5. Killarney “Litter Free”
6. Monaghan “Litter Free”
7. Carlow “Litter Free”
8. Galway City “Litter Free”
9. Youghal “Litter Free”
10. Bray “Litter Free”
11. Letterkenny “Litter Free”
12. Ballina “Litter Free”
13. Naas “Litter Free”
14. Roscommon “Litter Free”
15. Thurles “Litter Free”
16. Drogheda “Litter Free”
17. Athy “Litter Free”
18. Waterford City “Litter Free”
19. Midleton “Litter Free”
20. Wexford “Litter Free”
21. Arklow “Litter Free”
22. Castlebar “Litter Free”

23. Swords “Moderately Littered”
24. Ballinasloe “Moderately Littered”
25. Maynooth “Moderately Littered”
26. Kilkenny “Moderately Littered”
27. Greystones “Moderately Littered”
28. Tralee “Moderately Littered”
29. Portlaoise “Moderately Littered”
30. Gorey “Moderately Littered”
31. Ennis “Moderately Littered”
32. Leixlip “Moderately Littered”
33. Longford “Moderately Littered”
34. Limerick City “Moderately Littered”
35. Cobh “Moderately Littered”
36. Clonmel “Moderately Littered”

37. Dungarvan “Littered”
38. Wicklow “Littered”
39. Tullamore “Littered”
40. Mullingar “Littered”
41. Newbridge “Littered”
42. Navan “Littered”

43. Athlone “Seriously Littered”
44. Dun Laoghaire “Seriously Littered”
45. Cork City “Seriously Littered”
46. Enniscorthy “Seriously Littered”

47. Mallow “Litter Blackspot”
48. Tallaght “Litter Blackspot”
49. Nenagh “Litter Blackspot”
50. Sligo “Litter Blackspot”

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Muslims in Ireland

Posted on December 4th, 2007 in Balbriggan, Ballinasloe, Birr, Buncrana, Castlebar, Cavan, Census, Ennis, Ireland, Killarney, Living in Ireland, People, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Tralee, Youghal by census-analysis

The 2006 census figures show that  Muslims in Ireland make up  0.767% of the population. (32539 out of a total population of 4239848)
A breakdown of religions was carried out on the Irish towns with more than 5000 people.
Of all these towns - Cavan Town  has the highest percentage of Muslims in Ireland - 3.2% of the population of Cavan Town stated they were Muslims.

Top 10  Irish towns for Muslims (over 5000 population)

Cavan  3.2%
Killarney  2.95%
Ballinasloe  2.32%
Tralee  2.3%
Ennis  2.03%
Roscommon  1.87%
Balbriggan  1.75%
Portlaoise  1.67%
Castlebar 1.62%
Tullamore  1.6%

The towns with the least Muslims in Ireland are:

Dunboyne  0.035% (just 2 out of  5713)
Buncrana  .068%
Youghal  0.088%
Birr  0.098%

Quiet Mornings in Letterkenny

Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Ballina, Carrigaline, Castlebar, Commuting, Cork City, Dungarvan, Edenderry, Galway City, Killarney, Letterkenny, Limerick City, Passage West, Sligo, Westport by census-analysis

The streets of Letterkenny must be quiet in the mornings. Letterkenny has the lowest percentage of workers who leave home before 6.30am to go to work. Just 2.24% of working people in Letterkenny said that they leave the house that early . Census 2006  figures  from towns with more than 5000 people - show that  154 people out of 6883 in Letterkenny - said they have to leave the house before 6.30 in the morning.
At the other end of the scale we have Edenderry in Offaly where almost 1 in 5 workers (18.84%)  have to leave home before 6.30.
Other irish towns where  not many workers don’t get up before 6.30
Sligo  2.62%
Killarney  2.63%
Castlebar  2.9%
Passage West 3.24%
Ballina 3.26%
Westport  3.37%
Limerick City  3.59%
Cork City  3.63%
Carrigaline 3.73%
Dungarvan  3.74%
Galway City  3.78%

Westport Workers get a Longer Lie in

Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Athlone, Ballina, Birr, Census, Galway City, Killarney, Living in Ireland, Lusk, Westport by census-analysis

According to census 2006 figures on the time that people leave the house to go to work - Westport has the highest percentage of workers who don’t leave the house until after 9.30 am. (Out of all towns with more than 5000 population)
298 workers in Westport out of 2013 (1.48%) said in the census that they left their house to go to work after  9.30am. Other towns with high percantages of  late risers include  Ballina Longford Birr
 Castlebar Athlone Galway City Sligo Killarney .
At the opposite end of the scale is Lusk - where only 0.38% of workers manage to get such a good lie in each weekday.

Most Popular Towns for Polish

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 in Ballinrobe, Ballyhaunis, Ballyjamesduff, Bunclody-Carrickduff, Census, Kanturk, Kilcock, Killarney, Kingscourt, Living in Ireland, Longford, Millstreet, Monaghan, New Ross, Oranmore, Polish by census-analysis

20 Most popular towns for Poles in Ireland

People born in Poland but living in Ireland numbered 96042 at the last census in 2006.
Some Irish towns have higher percentages of Polish residents than others - these are the 20 with the highest percentages of Poles

Millstreet, Cork (14.17%)
Bunclody-Carrickduff, Carlow/Wexford (9.4%)
Ballinrobe, Mayo (8.81%)
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan (8.73%)
Tullow, Carlow (8.17%)
Kingscourt, Cavan (8.12%)
New Ross, Wexford/Kilkenny (8.10%)
Macroom, Cork (7.31%)
Killarney, Kerry (7.1%)
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon (6.94%)
Portumna, Galway (6.82%)
Cahir, South Tipperary (6.72%)
Monaghan, Monaghan (6.34%)
Rathcormac, Cork (5.95%)
Oranmore, Galway (5.89%)
Kanturk, Cork (5.88%)
Longford, Longford (5.57%)
Ballyhaunis, Mayo (5.44%)
Clonee Village, Meath (5.25%)
Kilcock, Kildare (5.12%)

Rathcoole short of children?

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in An Daingean, Castlerea, Galway City, Kanturk, Killarney, Newcastle, Portmarnock, Portrane, Rathcoole by census-analysis

Rathcoole has the least children in Ireland
With just 13.66 percent of the population of Rathcoole aged 14 or less - the townt has the lowest percentage of under 15s out of all the large towns in Ireland (towns over 1500 population).
The ten towns with the lowest percentage of children under 15 are:
Rathcoole 13.66
Newcastle 13.68
Castlerea 14.25
Killarney 14.45
Portrane 15.07
An Daingean 15.10
Portmarnock 15.16
Westport 15.21
Galway City 15.41
Kanturk 15.77