Ireland – The Facts
- Official name: Ireland (Irish: Éire)
- Population: 4.3 million (UN, 2007)
- Capital: Dublin
- Area: 70,182 sq km (27,097 sq miles)
- Major languages: English, Irish
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 81 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 euro = 100 cents
- Main exports: Machinery and equipment, chemicals, foodstuffs
- GNI per capita: US $40,150 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .ie
- International dialling code: +353
- President: Mary McAleese
- Prime minister: Brian Cowen
- The press
- The Irish Times - national daily
- Irish Independent - national daily
- Irish Examiner - Cork-based daily
- Television
- RTE - public, operates RTE 1, RTE 2
- TG4 - public, Irish-language
- TV3 - national, commercial
- Channel 6 - national, commercial, via cable
- Radio
- RTE - public, operates four networks: flagship station Radio 1, pop music station 2 FM, Irish-language Raidio na Gaeltachta, classical and cultural station Lyric FM
- Today FM - national, commercial
- Newstalk - semi-national, commercial
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