Birth rate rose to near 30-year high in 2009, says CSO

Fri, Mar 26, 2010, 00:00

CHARLIE TAYLOR

A TOTAL of 19,289 babies were born in the third quarter of 2009, the highest number registered in the State in almost 30 years.

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