Title: Metrication in Ireland - Wikipedia
Headings: Metrication in Ireland
Metrication in Ireland
Contents
Metrication
Continuation of supplementary Imperial units
Exceptions to Irish metrication
Legal weights and measures for trade
Packaged goods
Other
References in Oireachtas debates
See also
Notes and references

Content: Since 2005 all new cars sold in Ireland have speedometers that display only kilometres per hour; odometers generally became metric as well. The metric system is the only system taught in schools. Beginning in 1970, textbooks were changed to metric. Goods in shops are labelled in metric units. Continuation of supplementary Imperial units
See also: European units of measurement directives
In 2006 it became apparent that the 2009 cut-off for the use of Imperial supplementary units could cause problems in US-EU trade. After consultation, EU Directive 2009/3/EC of 11 March 2009, among other measures, permitted: The indefinite use of Imperial supplementary indications. The United Kingdom and Ireland to continue the limited exemptions concerning specified uses of the pint, mile and troy ounce, considering the absence of any impact of these exemptions on cross-border trade and the principle of subsidiarity;