This report is the first of two publications summarising the results of Ireland's 2011 census. This first one, This is Ireland - Part 1, looks at overall population change by county; it also examines age, marriage, households and families as well as including first results on nationality, foreign languages, the Irish language, religion and housing.

The second summary report, This is Ireland - Part 2, (coming in June), will look at other social and economic factors such as employment, occupations, education and skills as well as health related topics.

Following discussions with Northern Ireland and Scotland, the health categories for outputs on general health will be reported to reflect the response categories as they appeared in the 2011 Census questionnaire. These categories are "Very good", "Good", "Fair", "Bad" and "Very Bad".

A workshop on analytical products will be presented to users detailing the ONS current proposals and plans for analytical products including:

• initial thoughts on analytical reports and articles that draw on census, survey and administrative statistics, building on the 'Focus On' series produced after the 2001 Census.
• providing an analytical centre for the census to promote wider analytical use of census data, promote best practice and provide a one-stop website for access to analyses drawing on 2011 Census, covering both government and academic research.

Users will have the opportunity to:

• comment on the current proposals
• stimulate discussions on what analysis users would like to see produced (and indeed the analysis they have planned)
• discuss the relative priorities of these to help shape ONS census analysis work programme

This workshop will be the same as that held in London in October 2011 and will be held 21 March 2012, 10am - 3pm, at Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LA If you wish to attend, please contact katy.taylor@ons.gov.uk. There are limited places available which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.