Pointless Facts About Your Country

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The Republic of Ireland

1. Only 9% of the Irish population are natural red heads.
2. 89% percent of the population are in favour of permanently separating Northern Ireland from the Republic.
3. 90% of Irish nationals are Catholic but only 30% ever attend church.
4. The average Irish adult spends £3,500 a year on alcohol.
5. The Irish report the lowest annual number of UFO sightings in Europe.
6. Bra sales in Ireland increased by 4 million between 1998 and 1999.
7. Ireland has one of the lowest rates of crime against tourists in the western world.
8. Almost 100% of Irish Catholic children take a pledge to stay away from alcohol until they are eighteen. Only 2% of them actually stick to it.