Irland Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Dublin
geographische Koordinaten: 53 19 N, 6 14 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

6 Dezember 1921 (from UK by treaty)

Nationalfeiertag

Saint Patrick's Day, 17 März

Konstitution

adopted 1 Juli 1937 by plebiscite; effective 29 Dezember 1937

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Mary MCALEESE (seit dem 11 November 1997)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Brian COWEN (seit dem 7 May 2008)
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 (eligible for a second term); election last held 31 October 1997 (next scheduled for October 2011); note - Mary MCALEESE appointed to a second term when no other candidate qualified for the 2004 presidential election; prime minister (taoiseach) nominated by the House of Representatives and appointed by the president
election results: Mary MCALEESE elected president; percent of vote - Mary MCALEESE 44.8%, Mary BANOTTI 29.6%
note: government coalition - Fianna Fail, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats, and independent members of Parliament