In late June, Bishop Denis Nulty of the Kildare diocese appeared on Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder to appeal for more people to get married. The clergyman, who serves as the chair of the Council for Marriage and the Family for the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, felt compelled to make the call following the news that the number of people marrying in Ireland had fallen by nearly 10% in the last decade. For those paying attention, this came as no surprise; according to census data, the percentage of people aged 15-plus who were single in Ireland increased from 41% in 2016…

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