Politics
- Conventional long form name of Ireland: none
- Capital City: Dublin
- Type of government: republic, parliament democracy
- Date of Independence: December 6, 1921
- National Holiday: Saint Patrick's Day is on March 7.
- Chief of State: President Michael D. HIGGINS
- Head of Government: Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda KENNY
- Executive Branch: President is elected by popular vote for a seven year term.
- Legislative Branch: Bicameral parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
- Judicial Branch: The supreme court consists of a chief justice and seven judges. Some subordinate courts are the High Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal, and circuit and district courts.
- Suffrage: 18 years old; Universal.
- Ireland's Ambassador to the US: Ambassador Charge d'Affaires Stuart DWYER
- Location of their embassy in the US: 2234 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
- Location of Ireland's consulate in the US: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Austin
- US ambassador to Ireland: Ambassador Anne Colette ANDERSON
- Location of the US embassy in Ireland: 42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
- Location of the US consulate in Ireland: not found
- UN Representative:
- National Symbols: harp and shamrock (trefoil)
- 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 Ireland: not found
- Quantity of displaced persons: not found
- Quantity of stateless persons: 73 (2012)
- Human Trafficking issues in Ireland: not found
- Description of Illicit Drug Trafficking/use: transshipment point for and consumer of hashish from North Africa to the UK and the Netherlands and of European-produced synthetic drugs