Field over irrationals

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Is it possible to construct a field over the irrationals?

The problem is to define two binary operations that satisfy the axioms of a field.

The regular multiplication and addition operators fail to satisfy these axioms. For example:

Multiplication: $$\sqrt{2}\cdot \sqrt{2}=2\notin\mathbb{R}\setminus\mathbb{Q}$$

Addion: $$\sqrt{2}-\sqrt{2}=0\notin\mathbb{R}\setminus\mathbb{Q} $$

Do you have an example?