Area: 70 282 km²
Population: 4.2 million
Capital city: Dublin
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 17 March
EU-membership: 1 January 1973 (EC)

Head of State: President Mary McAleese
Head of Government: Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern
Foreign Minister: Dermot Ahern
Government: Coalition: Fianna Fáil (FF, Republican Party), Progressive Democrats (PD, Progressive Democrats)
Parliament: Bicameral: Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives), 166 members, elections every 5 years
Seanad Éireann (Senate), 60 members

GDP: € 159.6 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 38 818 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 6.2% (2006, estimate)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.president.ie
Head of Government: http://www.gov.ie
Foreign Minister: http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie
Parliament: http://www.oireachtas.ie

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