Ireland - EIRE

Facts about the Ireland - EIRE:

The population of Ireland in 2008 is estimated at 4,3 million people.
The political system is a Republic, the Capital is Dublin and the official languages are Irish and English.  The currency used is the EURO.  Ireland joined the EU in 1973.  The life expectancy is 75.27 years for men and 80.7 for women, ranked 33rd in the world.  The GDP per head is 29,800 dollars.

Geography of the Netherlands:

Ireland is 70,000 square kilometres and shares borders with Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.  Since joining the EU in 1973, Ireland has transformed itself from a largely agricultural society into a modern technologically advanced Celtic Tiger economy.  Agricultural lowlands make up most of the interior which is broken in places by low hills and includes considerable area of bogs and lakes. There are coastal mountains to the west rising to over 1000m in places. Nearly a third of the population live in Dublin.
The Dail or lower house of Parliament is composed of 166 members while the Seanad or upper house has 60 members. Parliamentary elections are held every five years.
Although the history of Ireland has seen troubles and turbulence, its people have always been associated with a love of music and storytelling often referred to as the land of saints and scholars, the country is the birthplace of many famous English-language writers such as Yeats Joyce, Beckett Wide and Shaw Ireland is home to internationally know rock bands and singers such as U2, The Corrs.
Simple meat dishes and boiled vegetables such as the potato, carrot, turnip and parsnip form the principal ingredients of traditional Irish cooking.