The 'Emerald Isle' has of late also become known as the 'Celtic Tiger' due to the tremendous boom in the Irish economy. In part a result of increased European integration, the land of the Irishman, of the Irish jokes ('How did the Irishman burn his ear? He was ironing when the phone rang'), the leprechaun and, of course, lots of green, is becoming a centre for high technology companies. Church attendance remains very high with the largest proportion of the community being Catholic, though nominalism is becoming the order of the day.

Work is ongoing in Dublin and missionaries and national workers are aware of the needs in the small towns that have no evangelical witness.

Evangelism: street evangelism, open-air outreach with sketch boards, literature distribution, door-to-door, mission teams, visitation with videos, Bible studies, Millennium exhibition

Youth and children's work: schools work, camps, Bible Explorer programme for use in primary schools

Church based: teaching, pastoral care, Bible studies, counselling

Literature: Postal Bible School, bookshop, door-to-door visitation

Church planters and evangelists to begin a work in towns with no evangelical witness

People willing to get involved in door-to-door work and evangelistic Bible studies

People interested in using the Bible Explorer programme in schools

Population           3,681,000

Principal Cities   Dublin, Cork

Languages          English, Irish

% Evangelical     0.87%

Assemblies         20