New Blasphemy Law for Ireland

The Irish Government in its wisdom has decided to push through a Blasphemy Law. Who in their right mind in Ireland really wants or needs this? I would urge everyone to join the campaign on blasphemy.ie to urge the powers that be to see some sense. So I visited the CSO site again to see the spread of religious beliefs in Ireland and how it has changed over the last 120 years.

The surprising result is that although the % of Catholics is decreasing slightly the actual number of people declaring themselves to be Catholic is increasing and has never been higher (in the period measured).

So there can be no denying that Ireland is predominantly a Roman Catholic country. But there are other religions represented in the county. Here is the % of the rest as of 2006. The next highest category is those of no religion at 4.2% (175,252).