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Ireland
COMMUNICATIONS
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.6 million (2002) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3 million (2002) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern digital system using cable and microwave radio relay
domestic: microwave radio relay international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998) |
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Radios:
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2.55 million (1997) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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4 (many low-power repeaters) (2001) |
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Televisions:
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1.82 million (2001) |
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Internet country code:
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.ie |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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22 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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1.31 million (2002) |
TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total: 3,314 km
broad gauge: 1,949 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double-tracked) narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briqueting plants) (2001) |
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Highways:
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total: 92,500 km
paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways) unpaved: 5,457 km (1999 est.) |
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Waterways:
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700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998) |
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Pipelines:
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natural gas 7,592 km (transmission 1,158 km; distribution 6,434 km) (2000) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross, Waterford |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 110,741 GRT/127,342 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 2 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 20, container 1, short-sea passenger 1 |
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Airports:
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41 (2001) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 16
over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 6 (2002) |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 17 (2002) |
MILITARY
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Military branches:
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Army (including Naval Service and Air Corps), National Police (Garda Siochana) |
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Military manpower - military age:
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17 years of age (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - availability:
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males age 15-49: 1,013,739 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - fit for military service:
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males age 15-49: 816,744 (2002 est.) |
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Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
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males: 32,287 (2002 est.) |
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Military expenditures - dollar figure:
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$700 million (FY00/01) |
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Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
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0.9% (FY00/01) |
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
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Disputes - international:
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disputes with Iceland, Denmark, and the UK over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 NM |
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Illicit drugs:
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transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa to the UK and Netherlands and of European-produced synthetic drugs; minor transshipment point for heroin and cocaine destined for Western Europe |