Premise: The South-East Region (coded IE024) is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland. It consists of the territory of the city of Waterford and of the counties of Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Wexford, and Waterford. The South-East region spans 9,406 km, 13.5% of the total area of the state and according to the 2006 census has a population of 460,838.
Hypothesis: The South East Region of Ireland consists of County Carlow, County Kilkenny, County South Tipperary, County Down and County Waterford.