Military branches: Army (includes Naval Service and Air Corps),
National Police (Garda Siochana)
Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age
Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 959,807 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males : 778,234 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males : 36,560 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $618 million (1994)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.3% (1994)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: Northern Ireland question with the UK;
Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the
UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall
area)
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa to the UK and Netherlands and of European-produced synthetic drugs; transshipment point for heroin and cocaine ______________________________________________________________________