Railways
total: 3,314 km
broad gauge: 1,949 km 1.600-m gauge (38 km electrified; 485 km double-tracked)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briqueting plants) (2001)

Highways
total: 92,500 km
paved: 87,043 km (including 115 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,457 km (1999 est.)

Waterways 700 km (limited facilities for commercial traffic) (1998)

Pipelines natural gas 7,592 km (transmission 1,158 km; distribution 6,434 km) (2000)

Ports and harbors Arklow, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Foynes, Galway, Limerick, New Ross, Waterford

Merchant marine
total: 26 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 110,741 GRT/127,342 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 2 (2002 est.)
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 20, container 1, short-sea passenger 1

Airports 41 (2001)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 7 (2001)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 22 (2001)

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 Transportation 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ireland Transportation 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.