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Master LEA Questions économiques et sociales
1 The Rise and fall of the celtic tiger
Teaching blog http://johncmullen.blogspot.com
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The Republic of Ireland today
• Coastline : 1,000 km• Capital : Dublin• A Republic since 1949• Population 4.5 million • (Northern Ireland 1.8 million, entire island 6.2
million)• 87% of the Irish are Catholics
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Angry headline in October 2010
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Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 80.56 years (Portugal 78,3; France 81,1; UK 79,4))
male: 78.28 yearsfemale: 82.97 years (2015 est, CIA World facts handbook.)
Total fertility rate:2.00 children born/woman (2015 est, ibid.)
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From the 2011 census reports www.cso.ie7
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Urbanisation:
Urban population: 62.2% of total population (2011) (over 80% in England, 85.8% in France)
(source: United Nations)
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Main cities with popn (2015)Dublin 527 000 (city)1.8m (Metropolitan area)Cork 119 000Limerick 96 000Galway 76 000Lisburn 72 000
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Dublin10
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Dublin castle 11
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Molly Malone 12
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Religions in the Republic
Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)
The Church of Ireland (Irish: Eaglais na hÉireann) is an autonomous section of the Anglican religion, existing everywhere in the island of Ireland.
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Saint Patrick’s cathedral
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St Mary’s Roman Catholic pro-cathedral in Dublin15
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Dublin mosque 16
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Languages:English is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) is also an official language spoken mainly in areas along the western coast
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Around 70 000 people (under 2 % of the population ) use Irish on a daily basis, 260 000 have a good knowledge of Irish and 1 600 000 have some knowledge.
Irish is studied in all schools in the Republic.
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Irish political life
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Ireland is a republic with a parliamentary system of government.
The President of Ireland serves as head of state, is elected for a seven-year term and can be re-elected only once.
The president is largely a figurehead, but has a constitutional role.
From 1990 to 2011 the president was a woman – Mary Robinson (1990-97) then Mary McAleese (1997 to 2011).
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Michael Higgins, president of Ireland since 201121
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The president appoints the Taoiseach, which is the equivalent of the prime minister in most countries. They always appoint the leader of the party with the most seats in the parliament.
This Irish word is pronounced /ti:ʃəx/
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The current Taoiseach is Enda Kenny, from the Fine Gael party
Most Taoisigh have been the leader of the political party that wins the most seats in the national elections. It has become normal for coalitions to form a government, as there has not been a single-party government since 1989.
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The current government consists of a coalition of two parties; Fine Gael : Labour.
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The Dail
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There exist all-Ireland institutions in TransportTelecommunicationsEnergyWater
The North-South Ministerial Council, set up in 1998, formulate all-Ireland policies on questions such asFood safetyTourismAgriculture
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