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Transportation of Ireland

Airports:36 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 6 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 17 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 1,728 km (2006)
Railways:total: 3,237 km
broad gauge: 1,872 km 1.600-m gauge (37 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2006)
Roadways:total: 96,602 km
paved: 96,602 km (includes 200 km of expressways) (2003)
Waterways:956 km (pleasure craft only) (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 23 ships (1000 GRT or over) 103,589 GRT/145,044 DWT
by type: cargo 19, chemical tanker 2, container 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 4 (Germany 2, US 2)
registered in other countries: 21 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 1, Cyprus 3, Gibraltar 1, Netherlands 10, Panama 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, UK 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Cork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford

Ireland Quickstats

  • Population: 4,109,086 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 70,280 sq km
  • Density: 60.3 /km² (139th)
  • GDP (total): $202.9 billion (30th)
  • GDP (per capita): $50,150 (6th)
  • Literacy: 99%

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  • Currency: Euro² (EUR)
  • Dial code: +353

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