Railways:
total: 3,312 km
broad gauge: 1,947 km 1.600-m gauge (46 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,365 km 0.914-m gauge (operated by the Irish Peat Board to transport peat to power stations and briquetting plants) (2004)
Highways:
total: 95,736 km
paved: 95,736 km (including 125 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)
Waterways:
753 km (pleasure craft only) (2004)
Pipelines:
gas 1,795 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Cork, Dublin, New Ross, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
Merchant marine:
total: 39
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 27, chemical tanker 1, container 1, passenger/cargo 4, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 11 (Germany 3, Italy 3, Norway 1, Switzerland 1, United Kingdom 3)
registered in other countries: 18 (2005)
Airports:
36 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 6 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 21
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 17 (2004 est.)
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