<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> Northern Ireland question with the UK; Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area)
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 71%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 5%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 10%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> water pollution, especially of lakes, from agricultural runoff
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Air Pollution, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified—Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> strategic location on major air and sea routes between North American and northern Europe; over 40% of the population resides within 60 miles of Dublin