Conventional Long Form Name of country: Ireland
Capital City: Dublin Type of Government:republic, parliamentary democracy Date of Independence: December 6, 1921 National Holiday: Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17 Description of Executive Branch/Powers: President elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 29 October 2011 (next to be held in October 2018); taoiseach (prime minister} nominated by the House of Representatives (DailEireann) and appointed by the president. Description of Legislative Branch/Powers: bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats; 49 members 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 lower house of Parliament or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve five-year terms). Description of Judicial Branch/Powers: The highest court is the Supreme Court or Court of Final Appeal (consists of the chief justice and 7 judges). Judges are nominated by the prime minister and Cabinet and appointed by the president; judges serve till age 70. Suffrage (who is allowed to vote): 18 years old |
Name of their Ambassador to the U.S.:
Anne Colette Anderson
Location of their embassy in the U.S.: Washington D.C. Locations of their consulates in the U.S.: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco Name of U.S. Ambassador to them: Stuart Dwyer Location of U.S.embassy there: Dublin Location of U.S.consulate there: Dublin Name of their representative to UN: David Denis Donoghue Description of the Symbolism of flag: Three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and orange; officially the flag colors have no meaning, but a common interpretation is that the green represents the Irish nationalist (Gaelic) tradition of Ireland. Orangerepresents the Orange tradition (minority supporters of William of Orange); white symbolizes peace (or a lasting truce) between the green and the orange. National Symbol: harp Descriptions of International Disputes: Ireland, Iceland, and the UK dispute Denmark's claim that the Faroe Islands' continental shelf extends beyond 200 nm Quantity of refugees inside country and country of origin of refugees: N/A Quantity of Internally Displaced Persons: N/A Quantity of Stateless Persons: 73 Description of current human trafficking issues related to this country: N/A Description of Illicit Drug trafficking/use: Transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa to the UK and Netherlands and of European-produced synthetic drugs. Increasing consumption of South American cocaine; minor transshipment point for heroin and cocaine destined for Western Europe. |
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