For day that is in it (Bah Humbug) GLEN have released some statistics on Civil Partnership in Ireland.

The figures, provided by the General Registrars Office show that:

· 536 couples entered civil partnership in Ireland in the nine months from April 5th 2011, when civil partnership first became available

· the 1072 people entering an Irish Civil Partnership came from Ireland and 58 other countries throughout the world, including the UK, Brazil, the United States Poland and the Philippines.

· couples entering civil partnership live in every one of the 26 counties in Ireland

· people of all ages entered civil partnerships: most were aged between 41 and 50, followed by those aged between 31 and 40. 5 people were aged between 18 and 20 and 8 people were over 70 years of age.

· civil partnerships took place in 25 of the 26 counties in Ireland – all except Co. Clare.

These figures do not account for the many more hundreds of Irish citizens who were married or entered a civil partnership abroad whose marriages and civil partnerships are automatically recognised in Ireland as Civil Partnerships.

And the world still turns.