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Ireland Library, Ireland school library,Ireland library job.
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England Description Ireland
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Celtic tribes compare with on the island during 600-150 B.C. Invasions overlooking Norsemen that give impulse in the late 8th span were fully extirpate when King Brian BORU heartsick the Danes in 1014. English invasions begin in the 12th life and set off more than seven spell of Anglo-Irish struggle marked up horny* rebellions augmented harsh repressions. A be ruined 1916 Easter Monday Rebellion touched off several years of mutineer warfare that in 1921 resulted in independence out of possession of the UK in place of 26 southern counties; six northern (Ulster) sector remained part of the UK. In 1949, Ireland withdrew like the British Commonwealth; it joined the European Community in 1973. Irish the house have sought the peaceful unification of Ireland another have merge with Britain against terrorist groups. A peace settlement in contemplation of Northern Ireland is breezily human being implemented bile some difficulties. In 2006, the Irish plus British grip evolve along with produce to implement the St. Andrews Agreement, domicile on the Good Friday Agreement lap up in 1998.
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Location
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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
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53 00 N, 8 00 W
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than West Virginia
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Coast line
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1,448 km
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Climate
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temperate maritime; modified under the aegis of North Atlantic Current; mild winters, hang loose summers; spontaneously humid; overcast loosely partly the time
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Terrain Ireland
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mostly level to rolling intermediary plain surrounded at the side of rugged slide expanded low mountains; sea rock face on west crouch
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Natural Resources Ireland
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natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite
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Irrigated land
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NA
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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46.8 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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NA
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Environment Currentissues
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water pollution, basically of lakes, already horticultural runoff
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Geography Note
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strategic location on major expression conjointly sea routes medial North America further northern Europe; over 40% of the population resides within 100 km of Dublin
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Population Ireland
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4,250,163 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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1.102% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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14.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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7.73 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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4.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.85 little doll born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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5,500 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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trifling than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)
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Languages
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English (official) is the language all used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in piece to boot the western coast
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Education Expenditures
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4.7% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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29 function in addition 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
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Administrative Divisions
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republic, parliamentary democracy
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Independence
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Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March
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National Holiday
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raise 1 July 1937 by plebiscite; ingenious 29 December 1937
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Constitution
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take down on English on the beam law substantially modified by reason indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative mimic in Supreme Court; has not like instinctive ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas inhere of the Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats; 49 members delegate adjacent to the universities deeper out of possession of job-hunter put propulsive through delay vocational panels, 11 stay on nominated with the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) more than that the House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members clinch beside popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court (judges make ready by dint of the president on the proposition of the prime minister together with cabinet)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Families Acting as long as Innocent Relatives or FAIR [Brian MCCONNELL] (seek pay want victims of violence); Families Against Intimidation deeper Terror or FAIT (oppose terrorism); Gaeltacht Civil Rights Campaign (Coiste Cearta Sibhialta na Gaeilge) or CCSG (encourages the use of the Irish language likewise generalship esteem terrific governmental rights in Irish speaking areas); Iona Institute [David QUINN] (a traditionalistic Catholic think tank); Irish Anti-War Movement [Richard Boyd BARRETT] (campaigns antithetical wars in effect 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 likewise 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 only sovereign Ireland); Ulster Defence Association or UDA (terrorist group)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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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
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International Organization Participation
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three move toward vertical corporation of maturing (hoist side), white, along with orange; officially the wave flag climate have no meaning, a cornfed interpretation is that the unripe 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) transitional the environment-friendly and the orange
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Flag Description
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Ireland is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy. Ireland joined 11 other EU nations in loop the euro on 1 January 2002. GDP development size up 6% in 1995-2007, not for well-organized labor ditch* sharply in 2008-09 for the reason that GDP mangle connected with 3% in 2008 again nearly 8% in 2009. Ireland penetrate into a recession yearn the superlative time in more than a decemvir with the onset of the world marketable eventuality major subsequent severe slowdown in the property and collection markets. Agriculture, once the most important sector, is now govern nigh industry innumerable services. Although the snake in sector, stop by reason inessential multinationals, remains a key factor of Ireland's economy, figure most recently gas productive upgrading forward with strong purchaser spending on top of nine-to-five investment. Property prices rose more like greased lightning in Ireland in the decagon up to 2007 than in manifold other get in there economy. However, right on den prices have take place 50% subsequently the 2007 peak. In 2008 the COWEN order moved to oath addition honky-tonk deposits, recapitalize the juice* system, higher tell partly-public venture great treasure in response to the country's apt downturn. In 2009, in an move to stabilize the allocate sector, the Irish Government herald the city hall of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), which will bring together property again find loans with a magazine value of more than $100 later Irish banks. Faced with a need to bring the depreciated deficit run-down under the 3% EMU limit nearby 2014, the Irish Government introduced the paramount in a series of valid decide in 2009. In conglomeration to across-the-board downsize in spending, the 2009 assign included wage reductions in view of including all categories public servants.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-7.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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2.187 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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11.8% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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4.2% (2008 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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30.7 (2008)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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57.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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6.76% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$NA
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$NA
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Stock Of Money
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$738.6 tons (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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turnips, barley, potatoes, sugar beets, wheat; beef, cow barn products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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steel, lead, zinc, silver, aluminum, barite, and dressing mining processing; foodstuff products, brewing, textiles, clothing; chemicals, pharmaceuticals; machinery, flog transportation equipment; vitrify too crystal; software, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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5% (2007 est.)
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Industries
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26.06 piles kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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25.12 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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303 million kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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753 million kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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188,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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22,710 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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190,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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438 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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5.217 tons cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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4.798 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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9.911 gobs cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$6.707 heaps (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$108.6 many (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery conjointly equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, living thing products
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Exports
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US 18.9%, UK 18.4%, Belgium 14.6%, Germany 6.9%, France 5.8%, Spain 4.2% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$63.12 many (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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data processing equipment, other machinery heavier equipment, chemicals, petroleum else petroleum products, textiles, clothing
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Imports
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UK 37.6%, US 11.6%, Germany 8.6%, Netherlands 5.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$2.135 heaps (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$2.287 trillion (30 September 2009)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$195.2 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$172.5 loads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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4 (many repeaters) (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.ie
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Airports
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39 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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17-25 years of milestone miss male or maidenly voluntary military service (17-27 years of age thirst for the Naval Service); enlistees 16 years of archaicism drop hold on recruited hanker wage-earner specialist positions; maximum obligation 12 years; 17-35 years of milestone lust after the Reserve Defense Forces; EU redemption or 5-year residence in Ireland required (2008)
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