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- Communications
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- Railroads: Irish National Railways (CIE) operates 1,947 km
- 1.602-meter gauge, government owned; 485 km double track;
- 38 km electrified.
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- Highways: 92,294 km total; 87,422 km surfaced, 4,872 km
- gravel or crushed stone.
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- Inland waterways: limited for commercial traffic.
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- Pipelines: natural gas, 225 km.
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- Ports: Cork, Dublin, Shannon Estuary, Waterford.
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- Merchant marine: 67 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 113,569
- GRT/139,681 DWT; includes 3 short-sea passenger, 29 cargo,
- 2 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 23 petroleum, oils, and
- lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 specialized tanker, 2 chemical
- tanker, 5 bulk.
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- Civil air: 23 major transport aircraft.
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- Airports: 40 total, 37 usable; 18 with permanent-surface
- runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways
- 2,440-3,659 m; 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
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- Telecommunications: small, modern system using cable and
- radio relay circuits; 900,000 telephones; stations--45 AM,
- 16 (29 relays) FM, 18 (68 relays) TV; 5 coaxial submarine
- cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations.
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