4-460: The Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) was founded in 1973 with the purpose of representing and promoting the interests of the licensed transport industry in Ireland. The association is run by a council and management committee, equivalent to a board of directors , and chaired by a president. According to its website, it is structured to "ensure the views and needs of members in every part of
8-528: Is a category of companies that provide services to transport people or goods. The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) lists transport below the industrials sector. The sector consists of several industries including logistics and air freight or airlines, marine, road and rail, and their respective infrastructures . Entire stock market indexes focus on the sector, like the Dow Jones Transportation Index (DJTA). In
12-542: The EU, the transport industry directly employs around 10 million people and accounts for about 5% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Logistics account for 10–15% of the cost of a finished product for European companies. On average 13.2% of every household's budget is spent on transport, which still depends heavily on fossil fuels and represents an important source of CO 2 emissions . Emissions from road freight transport have risen by more than 20% since 1995, counterweighting
16-530: The country are considered on an equal one member one vote basis". The association has nine regional branches. These are located in Dublin , Cork , Kerry , the Midlands, Midwest, Western, North East, North West and South East. This article about an organisation in Ireland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Transport industry The transport/transportation and logistics industry
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