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Ireland
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Ireland, located in Western Europe, is the 3rd largest island in Europe. Since Ireland is a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union, its currency is the euro. Ireland has rich deposits of gypsum, limestone, and lesser amount of copper, gold, silver, barite and dolomite. The secondary level in Ireland is now mainly made up of high level multi nationals such as Dell, Pfizer, Intel and IBM. Products manufactured in Ireland by this sector include computers, computer parts (for example, Intel processors), drugs, confectionary, high standard glass and crystal, software (Ireland stands as the largest exporter of software in the world) and machinery. |
