MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE EU - IRELAND
Ireland comprises five-sixths of the island of Ireland. The north-eastern part of the island is Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom. Ireland has a long coastline. To the west is the northern Atlantic Ocean and to the south the Celtic Sea. To the east Ireland is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea. The most important sectors of Ireland’s economy in 2014 were industry (22.4 %), public administration, defence, education, human health and social work activities (17.5 %) and wholesale and retail trade, transport, accommodation and food service activities (15.5 %). Ireland’s main export partners are the US, the UK and Belgium, while its main import partners are the UK, the US and Germany. Capital : Dublin Geographical size : 69 797 km 2 Population : 4 604 029 (2014) Population as % of total EU population : 0.9 % (2014) GDP : € 185.412 billion (2014) Official EU language(s) : Irish, English ...