The number of religious marriages in Ireland has dropped for the 4th year in a row.
Over 60% of weddings last year were classed as religious ceremonies, which is down from 65% in 2015.
The annual report of the Civil Registration Service shows 30% of the 21,000 marriages in the state were civil ceremonies.
That marks an increase of 2% in three years.
In 2015, secular ceremonies represented just 5% of all marriages, but it's now grown to 10%.
There were 664 same sex marriages in the year - down from 1,056 in 2016.
75 people had their gender changed on their birth cert under the provisions of the gender recognition Act.
Two of these people were under the age of 18.
