Ireland, Republic of

Country occupying most of the island of Ireland , which it shares with Northern Ireland . Its capital and largest city is Dublin .

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The Easter Rebellion of 1916, although unsuccessful, became a symbolic impetus for Irish nationalists struggling against British rule.

A treaty with Britain in 1922 established the Irish Free State. The Republic of Ireland was proclaimed in 1949.

In 1918, Catholic nationalists proclaimed an Irish republic , and in 1920, two separate parliaments for Catholic Ireland and Northern Ireland were established.

The continuing conflict between Irish Roman Catholics and Protestants began when Henry VIII of England imposed the Protestant Church of Ireland upon a largely Catholic population.

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A more general purpose rule bans “highly controversial topics, such as separatism, religion sects conflicts, conflicts between ethnic groups, for instance exaggerating the Islamic sects conflicts, inciting the independence of Northern Ireland, Republic of Chechnya, Tibet and Taiwan and exaggerating the ethnic conflict between black and white”.

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The Irish “trilemma” is still there: Britain can leave the EU’s customs union, it can keep the Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland border open without customs checks, or it can keep Northern Ireland economically united with the rest of the U.K., but it can’t have all three of those things.

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They will also apply to anyone driving across the Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland border.

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Harrington was ranked 150th in the world heading into the PGA, but became an Olympian for the combined Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland team when McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Graeme McDowell chose not to play.

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There are currently artificial pitches in use in Italy, France, the Netherlands, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Switzerland, Belgium and a number of other European countries.

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Ireland Irene

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