Ireland

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• European Union

Cities

• Dublin is the capital

Citizenship and residence permit

2019

To request citizenship, you need to live in the country for 5 years

Data for 2019

Number of permits with a residence permit per 1,000 people in Ireland

The number of permits with a residence permit per 1000 residents of the country in 2019

Passport strength

Data for 2018

Parliament

2022: Proportion of women in Parliament

Data for August 2022,

Population

Main article: Population of Ireland

Economy

Main article: Irish economy

Automobile traffic

Ireland is a left-handed country.

Data for 2017

Health care

• Health care in Ireland

Education

2020: St Patrick's Cathedral Choral Singing School is the country's oldest functioning educational institution, founded in 1432

2018: Literacy rate

The average literacy rate in countries around the world is about 69%. Data at the end of 2018

1890: The first woman in the country received a medical education

Data for 2025

Science and Research

2020

172 scientific articles on exact sciences per 100 thousand population

Articles only on exact sciences are taken into account. According to data for 2020, in which the world was experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic

More than 100 thousand animals are used for scientific purposes

Data for 2020

Almost 8 million animals are used for scientific purposes in Europe and half of them are laboratory mice and rats.

Culture

2020: 65.7 museums per million residents

Data for 2020

Music

Number of metal bands in Europe as of May 2016

Languages

Number of letters in European alphabets

2016: 49.2% of the population speaks no foreign language

2016 data

Religion

2022:37% of the population attends worship services at least once a month

Data for 2022

2021:23% of the population say religion is important in their lives

Data for 2021

2018

At the end of 2018

Sport

2022: The most popular sport is Gaelic football

The most popular sport in the countries of the world as of June 2022

2021: Number of Ireland team appearances in the final World Cup tournament - 3

Data for 2021

MEDIA

2022:81% of the population watch TV every day

Data for 2022

Crime

2021: Number of intentional murders

Число умышленных убийств в To Europe States by data available for 2021

Prisons

2019: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 15

Data for 2019

2018: Number of prisoners

The number of prisoners in relation to the population in Europe. Data for 2018

Death penalty

Data at the end of 2018

History

2024: Recognition of Palestine as an independent state

In May 2024, during Israel's punitive operation in Palestine, Ireland, Norway and Spain officially recognized Palestine as an independent state.

1972: EU accession referendum

Relation to the accession of countries to the European Union by district in referendums from 1972 to 2013

1961

After the Distillery Fire, 1961, Dublin, Ireland

1928

A colourful Irish farmer poses for a photo. The 1920th

1618

Calendar

Какой день считается первым в неделе в countries of the world, 2022

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