GOVERNMENT

Ireland is partiamentary democracy. wherein there have a democratic governance where the executive
derives its democratic legitimacy from the ability to command the confidence of the legislature. The
National Parliament consist of the President and two Houses: a House of Representatives and a Senate.
The President is the Head of State. S/he acts on the advice and authority of the Government but
performs a limited number of functions after consultation with an advisory Council of State. The
Constitution of Ireland is the basic law of the State. It was adopted by plebiscite in 1937. It is the
successor of the Constitution of Dáil Éireann (1919) and the Constitution of the Irish Free State (1922).
The Constitution states that all legislative, executive and judicial powers of Government derive from the
people.The Constitution outlines what are considered the fundamental rights of the citizen. The
definition of rights in the Constitution covers five broad headings: personal rights, the family, education,
private property and religion. On the other hand, The current president of Oreland is Michael D. Higgins,
who was first elected on 29 October 2011. His inauguration was held on 11 November 2011. He was re-
elected for a second term on 26 October 2018.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Ireland will invest €116 billion in public infrastructure and capital works under the National
Development Plan 2018-2027. Ireland offers advanced telecommunications, Also Ireland is taking a lead
in promoting sustainable energy technologies, with the marine area presenting high potential for
offshore wind and wave energy development. They also have extensive transport links to Europe and
the rest of the world. Ireland delivered water service in line with the needs and expectations of
consumers guided by the principles of social, economic and environmental sustainability. they focused
on road network that cost a billion between 2000 and 2010 now, Ireland benefits from a high-quality
interuban motorway network. In addition, they also have good air transport that enjoys extensive air
connectivity with Asia, Europe and North America through a network of international airports located
across the country. And ports that offer trade and transport services, facilities and maritime supply chain
solutions to a wide variety of business sectors.

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

Telecommunications in Ireland operate in a regulated competitive market that provides customers with
a wide array of advanced digital services. Ireland's telecommunications network is a modern digital
system connected by an extensive national fibre optic network with multiple high capacity fibre optic
links to the UK, Continental Europe, North America and with dedicated capacity on routes to Asia and
other parts of the globe. Ireland also has major connections to multiple international fibre optic
networks. Ireland has three mobile networks that own and operate their own network infrastructure the
2G GSM, 3G MTS and 4G LTE they have plan to uprage their network in 5G I think it is in tge process.
Meteor and Eir Mobile were the first to launch 4G LTE services in Ireland on 26 September 2013,
followed by Vodafone on 14 October 2013 and Three on 27 January 2014. O2 was due to launch its 4G
services later in 2014, but plans were put on hold when its acquisition by Three was approved in May,
and from the time of the merger in 2015, previous O2 customers gained 4G coverage through Three's
network, albeit with initial service problems. Moreover, In 2016, 41.9% of Ireland's mobile subscriptions
were using 4G technology. 3G remained the dominant technology with 44.6% share, however, it is likely
to be overtaken by 4G in 2017.

HEALTH

Ireland has grown more rapidly than at any time since the foundation of the State. It has increased from
2.8 million in 1961 to 4.2 million in 2006, and has risen by almost 16% in the last decade. In the 1960s
the average Irish man could expect to live to about 68 years; now he should be around to celebrate his
75th birthday. Women fare much better, with a life expectancy of 72 years in the 1960s. This has now
risen to over 80 years. Ireland has the highest levels of self-perceived health among countries in Europe
that have conducted such a survey. Some 83.7% of men and 82.1% of women rate their health as being
good or very good. However, significant chronic health problems are evident in older age groups.
Furthermore, Ireland has the second highest fertility rate in the EU, exceeded only by France. The birth
rate, meanwhile, has levelled off at about 61,000 babies born per year.

RECESSION

The economy of Ireland is a modern knowledge economy, focusing on services and high-tech industries
and dependent on trade, industry and investment. In terms of GDP per capital, Ireland is ranked as one
of the wealthiest countries in the OECD and the EU-27 at 5th in the OECD-28 rankings as of 2008. The
Irish financial crisis severely affected the economy, compounding domestic economic problems related
to the collapse of the Irish property bubble. After 24 years of continuous growth at an annual level
during 1984–2007, Ireland first experienced a short technical recession from Q2-Q3 2007, followed by a
long 2-year recession from Q1 2008 – Q4 2009. In March 2008, Ireland had the highest level of
household debt relative to disposable income in the developed world at 190%, causing a further slow
down in private consumption, and thus also being one of the reasons for the long lasting recession. The
hard economic climate was reported in April 2010, even to have led to a resumed emigration. After a
year with stagnant economic activity in 2010, Irish real GDP rose by 2.2% in 2011 and 0.2% in 2012, The
economic challenges continued, however, as the prolonged European sovereign-debt crisis caused a
new Irish recession starting in Q3 2012, which was still ongoing as of Q2 2013. In May 2013 the
European Commission's economic forecast for Ireland predicted its growth rates would return to a
positive 1.1% in 2013 and 2.2% in 2014. The Irish economy grew by 4.8% in 2014 and an unexpected
26.3% in 2015. As of 2015, Ireland was ranked as the world's ninth most "economically free" economy in
an index created by free-market economists from the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation, the
Index of Economic Freedom.