Counting heads

It is an issue that given the right set of circumstances, has the power to destabilize the peace process and bring about a resumption of violence.
Beginning last summer, a series of speculative articles have predicted that the 2001 census will reveal that the Catholic population now makes up around 46 percent of the total, with the Protestants hovering at or beneath the 50 percent level, while the rest — 4 percent or so –