Roadways: total: 95,736 km paved: 95,736 km (including 125 km of expressways) (2002)
Waterways:
753 km (pleasure craft only) (2005)
Merchant marine:
total: 23 ships (1000 GRT or over) 103,589 GRT/145,044 DWT
by type: cargo 19, chemical tanker 2, container 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 4 (Germany 2, US 2)
registered in other countries: 21 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 1, Cyprus 3,
Gibraltar 1, Netherlands 10, Panama 2, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 1, UK 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:
Cork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
Military Ireland
Military branches:
Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireann): Army (includes Naval
Service and Air Corps) (2006)
Military service age and obligation:
17 years of age for voluntary military service; enlistees under the
age of 17 can be recruited for specialist positions (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 17-49: 977,092
females age 17-49: 978,465 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 17-49: 814,768
females age 17-49: 813,981 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males age 18-49: 29,327
females age 17-49: 28,139 (2005 est.)