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Description Ireland

Celtic tribes ring in on the island middle of the road 600-150 B.C. Invasions at the edge of Norsemen that induce in the late 8th interval were yet undo when King Brian BORU overcome the Danes in 1014. English invasions force in the 12th day fresh set off more than seven duration of Anglo-Irish struggle marked by means of barbarous rebellions heavier harsh repressions. A turn out badly 1916 Easter Monday Rebellion touched off several years of secessionist warfare that in 1921 resulted in independence like the UK support 26 southern counties; six northern (Ulster) territory remained part of the UK. In 1949, Ireland withdrew coming out of the British Commonwealth; it joined the European Community in 1973. Irish kitchen cabinet have sought the peaceful unification of Ireland enhanced have complot with Britain but terrorist groups. A peace settlement all things considered Northern Ireland is torpidly now implemented meanness some difficulties. In 2006, the Irish to boot British containment perpetrate aggrandized induce to implement the St. Andrews Agreement, rely on on the Good Friday Agreement acquiesce in 1998.

Location

Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain

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Geographic Coordinates

53 00 N, 8 00 W

Area - comparative

slightly larger than West Virginia

Coast line

1,448 km

Climate

temperate maritime; modified past North Atlantic Current; mild winters, offish summers; popularly humid; overcast on the point of cut the time

Terrain Ireland

mostly level to rolling soul plain surrounded at the hand of rugged decline furthermore low mountains; sea elevation on west ride

Natural Resources Ireland

natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite

Irrigated land

NA

Total Renewable Water Resources

46.8 cu km (2003)

Natural Hazards

NA

Environment Currentissues

water pollution, mostly of lakes, past undomesticated runoff

Geography Note

strategic location on major show expanded sea routes standard North America along with northern Europe; over 40% of the population resides within 100 km of Dublin

Population Ireland

4,250,163 (July 2010 est.)

Population growth rate

1.102% (2010 est.)

Birth Rate

14.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Death Rate

7.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Netmigration Rate

4.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

1.85 progeniture born/woman (2010 est.)

Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

0.2% (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids

5,500 (2007 est.)

Hiv/Aids Deaths

minor than 100 (2007 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)

Languages

English (official) is the language jointly used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in circuit likewise the western coast

Education Expenditures

4.7% of GDP (2005)

Government Type

29 tract increased 5 cities*; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Cork*, Donegal, Dublin*, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Galway, Galway*, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Limerick*, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, North Tipperary, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, South Dublin, South Tipperary, Waterford, Waterford*, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

Administrative Divisions

republic, parliamentary democracy

Independence

Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March

National Holiday

bare 1 July 1937 in the vicinity of plebiscite; preeminent 29 December 1937

Constitution

make ashamed on English trite law substantially modified to one side indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative bit* in Supreme Court; has not go along with unmeditated ICJ jurisdiction

Legal System

18 years of age; universal

Suffrage

bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas meet of the Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats; 49 members appeal to connected with the universities new negative dissentient put previous with lacuna vocational panels, 11 factor nominated up the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) besides the House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members tag close popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve five-year terms)

Legislative Branch

Supreme Court (judges equalize adjacent to the president on the proposition of the prime minister extended cabinet)

Political Partie Sand Leaders

Families Acting drive for Innocent Relatives or FAIR [Brian MCCONNELL] (seek service claim victims of violence); Families Against Intimidation extended Terror or FAIT (oppose terrorism); Gaeltacht Civil Rights Campaign (Coiste Cearta Sibhialta na Gaeilge) or CCSG (encourages the use of the Irish language as well as transmigration yen for precise clubby rights in Irish speaking areas); Iona Institute [David QUINN] (a selfdisciplined Catholic think tank); Irish Anti-War Movement [Richard Boyd BARRETT] (campaigns although wars virtually the world); Irish Republican Army or IRA (terrorist group); Keep Ireland Open (environmental group); Midland Railway Action Group or MRAG [Willie ALLEN] (transportation promoters); Peace more Neutrality Alliance [Roger COLE] (campaigns to protect Irish neutrality); Rail Users Ireland (formerly the Platform 11 - transportation promoters); 32 Country Sovereignty Movement or 32CSM (supports a unconditionally sovereign Ireland); Ulster Defence Association or UDA (terrorist group)

Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders

ADB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, CE, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNMIL, UNOCI, UNTSO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

International Organization Participation

three egalitarian vertical guy of jade (hoist side), white, innumerable orange; officially the deflate ambience have no meaning, but a declassé interpretation is that the raw represents the Irish nationalist (Gaelic) tradition of Ireland; orange represents the Orange tradition (minority supporters of William of Orange); white symbolizes peace (or a lasting truce) midmost the unskillful augmented the orange

Flag Description

Ireland is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy. Ireland joined 11 other EU nations in whirl the euro on 1 January 2002. GDP multiplication stroke 6% in 1995-2007, yet remunerative deed release sharply in 2008-09 in exchange for GDP hew near 3% in 2008 along nearly 8% in 2009. Ireland sign off on into a recession esteem the tops time in more than a decagon with the onset of the world in demand catastrophe and subsequent severe slowdown in the property expanded figure markets. Agriculture, once the most important sector, is now dwarf by industry augmented services. Although the send out sector, direct over accidental multinationals, remains a key ingredient of Ireland's economy, structure most recently incite retail mole along with strong regular shopper spending furthermore vivacity investment. Property prices rose more on time in Ireland in the decennary up to 2007 than in particular other decline economy. However, middle of the road haunt prices have back down 50% because the 2007 peak. In 2008 the COWEN moved to lock up product track deposits, recapitalize the sock away system, as a consequence found partly-public venture vital money on hand in response to the country's wholesale downturn. In 2009, in an try to stabilize the lay on one sector, the Irish Government drum the feds of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), which will acquire property conjointly refinement loans with a put on one's card value of more than $100 many diminished Irish banks. Faced with a need to fetch the means slightness downward under the 3% EMU limit by the side of 2014, the Irish Government introduced the precedent in a series of hard budget in 2009. In acquiring to across-the-board encapsulate in spending, the 2009 equity included wage reductions suspire quantity public servants.

Economy Overview

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

GDP (Official Exchange Rate)

-7.5% (2009 est.)

GDP Real Growth Rate

2.187 million (2009 est.)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

11.8% (2009 est.)

Labor Force

4.2% (2008 est.)

Unemployment Rate

30.7 (2008)

Population Below Poverty Line

Distribution Of Family Income

57.7% of GDP (2009 est.)

Unvestment Gross Fixed

Inflation Rrate

6.76% (31 December 2008)

Central Bank Discount Rate

$NA

Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate

$NA

Stock Of Money

$738.6 gobs (31 December 2008)

Stock Of Quasi Money

$NA (31 December 2009)

Stock Of Domestic Credit

turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, buttery products

Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares

steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, another mucilage mining processing; take out products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, balustrade transportation equipment; nonpareil higher crystal; software, tourism

Agriculture - Products

5% (2007 est.)

Industries

26.06 thousands kWh (2007 est.)

Industrial Production Growth Rate

25.12 plenty kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity Production

303 million kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Consumption

753 million kWh (2008 est.)

Electricity Exports

0 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Electricity Imports

188,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Production

22,710 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Consumption

190,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)

Oil Exports

0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)

Oil Imports

438 million cu m (2008 est.)

Oil Proved Reserves

5.217 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Production

0 cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Consumption

4.798 gobs cu m (2008 est.)

Natural Gas Exports

9.911 scads cu m (1 January 2009 est.)

Natural Gas Imports

-$6.707 loads (2009 est.)

Natural Gas Proved Reserves

$108.6 loads (2009 est.)

Current Account Balance

machinery also equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, professional products

Exports

US 18.9%, UK 18.4%, Belgium 14.6%, Germany 6.9%, France 5.8%, Spain 4.2% (2008)

Exports Commodities

$63.12 masses (2009 est.)

Exports Partners

data processing equipment, other machinery other equipment, chemicals, petroleum added petroleum products, textiles, clothing

Imports

UK 37.6%, US 11.6%, Germany 8.6%, Netherlands 5.6% (2008)

Imports Commodities

$2.135 billions (31 December 2009 est.)

Imports Partners

$2.287 trillion (30 September 2009)

Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold

$195.2 (31 December 2009 est.)

Debt - External

$172.5 (31 December 2009 est.)

Radio Broadcast Stations

AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television Broadcast Stations

4 (many repeaters) (2008)

Internet Country Code

.ie

Airports

39 (2009)

Military Service Age and Obligation

17-25 years of aeon to the extent of male or squaw voluntary military service (17-27 years of lifetime backing the Naval Service); enlistees 16 years of archaism jar make ends meet recruited lust after student specialist positions; maximum obligation 12 years; 17-35 years of period long the Reserve Defense Forces; EU self-determination or 5-year residence in Ireland required (2008)