Letter to the Irish Times
Sir,
The name of the State is IRELAND or, in its first official language, EIRE.
Its citizens in 1937 enacted a Republican Constitution.
A decade or so later a Taoiseach labelled the state a Republic.
There was no change of name.
The Republic of Ireland, according to an unchallenged judicial ruling in Dublin, is a Soccer Team , or as its ruling body might say a Football Association team.
Perhaps it needs a Muhammed Ali to knock these facts into some correspondents ‘ heads?
Donal Kennedy
LONDON
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