Ireland Communications

Country Name: Ireland

Capital City: Dublin

Population: 4,062,235 (2006)

Population Growth: 1.15% (2006)

Currency: Euro (EUR)

Languages: English, Irish

Area: 70,280 sq km

Inflation Rate: 3.9% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 4.3% (2006)

Domain extension: .ie

COMMUNICATIONS OF IRELAND

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.033 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.21 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (many low-power repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:

.ie

Internet hosts:

238,191 (2006)

Internet users:

2.06 million (2005)

International dialing code: