Infrastructure — Ireland
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Ireland: 40
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Transportation
- Airports - total
40
- Airports with Paved Runways
16
- Railways
2,011 Miles 3,237 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
59,674 Miles 96,036 Kilometers
- Waterways
594 Miles 956 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Cork, Dublin, Shannon Foynes, Waterford
Communications
- Telephones
2,047,000
- Cell Phones
4,906,000
- Internet Users
3,042,000
- Internet Country Code
.ie
- Internet Hosts
1,387,000
- Broadcast Media
- Publicly-owned broadcaster Radio Telefis Eireann (RTE) operates 2 TV stations
- commercial TV stations are available
- about 75% of households utilize multi-channel satellite and TV services that provide access to a wide range of stations
- RTE operates 4 national radio stations and has launched digital audio broadcasts on several stations
- a number of commercial broadcast stations operate at the national, regional, and local levels
- Telephone System
- general assessment: modern
- digital system using cable and microwave radio relay domestic: system privatized but dominated by former state monopoly operator; increasing levels
- of broadband access particularly in urban areas international: country code - 353; landing point for the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable with links to the US, Canada, and UK; satellite earth stations - 81
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
26,100,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
242,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
732,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
26,350,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
5,506,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
4,522,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
373,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
9,911,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
144,000
- Oil Exports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
1,858
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
62,070