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Other pages in this profile of Ireland:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
2.097 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
4.69 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: modern digital system using cable and microwave radio relay domestic: microwave radio relay international: country code - 353; landing point for the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable with links to the US, Canada, and UK; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
4 (many repeaters) (2001) |
Internet country code |
.ie |
Internet hosts |
429,487 (2007) |
Internet users |
1.437 million (2006) |
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Airports |
34 (2007) |
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: 4 under 914 m: 5 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 19 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 16 (2007) |
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: 27 ships (1000 GRT or over) 116,091 GRT/161,808 DWT by type: cargo 23, chemical tanker 2, container 1, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 3 (Spain 1, US 2) registered in other countries: 18 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 1, Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Germany 1, Isle of Man 1, Netherlands 9, Panama 1, UK 1, unknown 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Cork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford |
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