Ireland: 6th most peaceful country in the world

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The Global Peace Index 2008 has Ireland ranked 6th with those crafty Icelandics in at number 1. We were 4th last year, so we’ve slipped a little. The global ranking list is here. While the Ireland-specific page has a huge number of stats and numbers to get stat-whores all wet.

Volume of transfers of major conventional weapons, as recipient (Imports) per 100,000 people: 1.127

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