IRELAND to go all-metric Department of Transport:

Department of Transport:ERIN GO METRIC: Motorists beware: Ireland has decided to go all-metric by Jan. 20, replacing roadway speed-limit signs now posted in miles with new ones in kilometers. Confusingly for drivers, road distances have been marked in metrics for years -- alongside speed limits posted in miles-per-hour. At the same time, speed limits on non-national or country roads will be reduced from the current 60 miles per hour (mph) -- or about 100 kilometers-per-hour (kph) in the new parlance -- to 50 mph, or about 80 kph. Full details can be found at the Irish transport department's www.transport.ie Web site.