Ireland has a highly developed knowledge economy, focused on services in high-tech, life sciences, financial services and agribusiness, including agrifood. Ireland is an open economy, and ranks first
The International Financial Services Centre in Dublin
Historical GDP per capita development of Ireland and the UK
A housing construction site in Dublin at Sandyford, 2006
Waterford Crystal glass factory
Ireland, also known as the Republic of Ireland, is a country in Northwestern Europe. It consists of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. Its capital
Economy of the Republic of Ireland
…Ireland has a highly developed knowledge economy, focused on services in high-tech, life sciences, financial services and agribusiness, including agrifood…
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846–1891) addressing a meeting. The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Parnell.
Damage in Dublin city centre following the 1916 Easter Rising
Leinster House, Dublin. In 1922 a new parliament called the Oireachtas was established, of which Dáil Éireann became the lower house.
Éamon de Valera, Irish political leader, pictured outside Ennis Courthouse in 1917. He would later be involved in introducing the 1937 Constitution of Ireland.