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Statement by BrownHairedGirl

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The term "Republic of Ireland" as the name for the 26-county state has been repeatedly used by the Oireachtas. It is therefore wrong to suggest that it is some sort of imposition by those outside Ireland or that its use on wikipedia breaches the Wikipedia's principle of neutrality.

In several statute laws, not only has "Republic of Ireland" been used as the name of the state, but "Ireland" has actually been as meaning "The Republic of Ireland", e.g.

The phrase "Republic of Ireland" has also been used in many other contexts in Acts of the Oireachtas and in statutory instruments. A Google search for the phrase "Republic of Ireland" returns 114 hits. Not all of those will be unique, but the documents returned include both Acts of the Oireachtas and Statutory instruments.

The term "Republic of Ireland" continues to be used by govt bodies and others. See for example:

It is also used by commercial bodies and other non-state entities:

Users that endorse this summary

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  1. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Rockpocket 05:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Valenciano (talk) 07:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  4. ras52 (talk) 10:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Kittybrewster ☎ 22:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  6. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:03, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Users that oppose this summary

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  1. MusicInTheHouse (talk) 23:11, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  2. PurpleA (talk) 06:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC) Original research, contrary to WP:OR.[reply]
  3. HighKing (talk) 10:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Redking7 (talk) 23:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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