CountryWatch: Ireland

This online resource brings together in a concise and useful form, a key set of political, economic, and business information for 192 countries worldwide. Countrywatch also provides news related articles from 12 international news services on a country by country basis as they occur. Within this resource is a Map Gallery that supplies regional and country maps in a variety of sizes and formats. In addition, thematic maps and indexes cover a variety of cultural and economic subjects.

Each month Countrywatch highlights a Featured Country. Ireland is the featured country for January. The country report provides additional insight to Ireland's significant budget deficit and dangerous economic situation. The country report covers not only economic information but also political, environmental, historical, cultural etiquette, a travel guide and health advisory for all 192 countries.

To use the CountryWatch online database visit our Articles and Databases website http://www.swccd.edu/~library/articles.htm. CountryWatch is listed with our other reference resources. To access this resource from off campus locations you must be a currently enrolled student or staff member at Southwestern College. You can request the username and password for CountryWatch by using our Password Request Form at http://www.swccd.edu/~library/Passwordrequest