Category:Ireland

Ireland is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying about five-sixths of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, which is located on the eastern part of the island, and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country's 4.75 million inhabitants. The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, Saint George's Channel to the south-east, and the Irish Sea to the east. It is a unitary, parliamentary republic. The legislature, the Oireachtas, consists of a lower house, Dáil Éireann, an upper house, Seanad Éireann, and an elected President (Uachtarán) who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state, but with some important powers and duties. The head of government is the Taoiseach (Prime Minister, literally 'Chief', a title not used in English), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President; the Taoiseach in turn appoints other government ministers.

In Irish
Tá Éire ina stát ceannasach i dtuaisceart-iarthar na hEorpa occupying thart ar cúig shéú den oileán na hÉireann. Is é an phríomhchathair agus is mó i mBaile Átha Cliath, atá suite ar an chuid thoir den oileán, agus a bhfuil a limistéar cathrach tá baile le thart ar aon trian de na tíre 4,750,000 áitritheoir. Roinneann an stát a teorainn talún amháin le Tuaisceart Éireann, mar chuid den Ríocht Aontaithe. Tá sé timpeallaithe mhalairt leis an Aigéan Atlantach, leis an Mhuir Cheilteach ó dheas, Mhuir nIocht Naomh Sheoirse leis an oirdheiscirt, agus Muir Éireann ar an taobh thoir. Is aonadach, poblacht parlaiminte. An reachtas, an tOireachtas, comhdhéanta de teach íochtarach, Dáil Éireann, teach uachtarach, Seanad Éireann, agus a bheidh Uachtarán toghtha a feidhmíonn sé mar an ceann den chuid is mó searmanach de stáit, ach le roinnt cumhachtaí agus dualgais tábhachtacha. Is é an ceann an rialtais na Taoisigh, atá tofa ag an Dáil agus ceapann an tUachtarán; Ceapann an Taoiseach i ndiaidh a airí rialtais eile.