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    Ireland Government - 2002
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/ireland/ireland_government.html
    SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Country name
      conventional long form: none
      conventional short form: Ireland

      Government type republic

      Capital Dublin

      Administrative divisions 26 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow

      Independence 6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)

      National holiday Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March

      Constitution 29 December 1937; adopted 1 July 1937 by plebiscite

      Legal system based on English common law, substantially modified by indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in Supreme Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch
      chief of state: President Mary MCALEESE (since 11 November 1997)
      head of government: Prime Minister Bertie AHERN (since 26 June 1997)
      cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with previous nomination by the prime minister and approval of the House of Representatives
      elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; election last held 31 October 1997 (next to be held NA November 2004); prime minister nominated by the House of Representatives and appointed by the president
      note: government coalition - Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats
      election results: Mary MCALEESE elected president; percent of vote - Mary MCALEESE 44.8%, Mary BANOTTI 29.6%

      Legislative branch bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by the universities and from candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are nominated by the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve five-year terms)
      election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 29, Fine Gael 16, Labor Party 4, Progressive Democrats 4, others 7; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 80, Fine Gael 31, Labor Party 21, Progressive Democrats 8, Green Party 6, Sinn Fein 5, others 15
      elections: Senate - last held NA August 1997 (next to be held NA August 2002); House of Representatives - last held 17 May 2002 (next to be held NA May 2007)

      Judicial branch Supreme Court (judges appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister and cabinet)

      Political parties and leaders Fianna Fail [Bertie AHERN]; Fine Gael [Michael NOONAN]; Green Party [Trevor SARGENT]; Labor Party [Ruairi QUINN]; Progressive Democrats [Mary HARNEY]; Sinn Fein [Gerry ADAMS]; Socialist Party [Joe HIGGINS]; The Workers' Party [Tom FRENCH]

      Political pressure groups and leaders NA

      International organization participation Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, UN, UN Security Council (temporary), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMEE, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNTAET, UNTSO, UPU, WEU (observer), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTrO, ZC

      Diplomatic representation in the US
      chief of mission: Ambassador Sean O'HUIGINN
      chancery: 2234 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
      consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco
      FAX: [1] (202) 232-5993
      telephone: [1] (202) 462-3939

      Diplomatic representation from the US
      chief of mission: Ambassador Richard J. EGAN
      embassy: 42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
      mailing address: use embassy street address
      telephone: [353] (1) 668-7122/668-8777
      FAX: [353] (1) 668-9946

      Flag description three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange; similar to the flag of Cote d'Ivoire, which is shorter and has the colors reversed - orange (hoist side), white, and green; also similar to the flag of Italy, which is shorter and has colors of green (hoist side), white, and red

      NOTE: The information regarding Ireland on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ireland Government 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ireland Government 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.

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