Officially the road system does not use miles.
I know of no Irish person who does not use miles to discuss long distances
I know of a great many. A lot of people still talk in
terms of miles, as this is what is displayed on their car
instruments, but this is no longer present on
all cars shipped since the start of the year, so its
influence will wane as time goes on.
The use of kilometers in speech has been increasing in recent
years increase. The publicity of the speed sign changeover
has accelerated it further.
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