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    Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union. While the head of state is the popularly elected...
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  • There are a number of political parties in Ireland, and coalition governments are common. The two historically largest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael...
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    The predominant religion in the Republic of Ireland is Christianity, with the largest denomination being the Roman Catholic Church. The Constitution of...
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    Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of...
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    The president of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of Ireland and the supreme commander of the Irish Defence Forces. The president...
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    Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), a sovereign...
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    Northern Ireland may also describe themselves as Irish or Northern Irish. History of the Republic of Ireland Politics of the Republic of Ireland Alternative...
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    The law of the Republic of Ireland consists of constitutional, statutory, and common law. The highest law in the State is the Constitution of Ireland...
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    The Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann) is the executive authority of the Republic of Ireland, headed by the Taoiseach, the head of government...
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    The Irish state came into being in 1919 as the 32 county Irish Republic. In 1922, having seceded from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
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    Bertie Ahern, My Autobiography Politics of the Republic of Ireland Records of Irish heads of government since 1922 Irish heads of government since 1919 Article...
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  • list of heads of state of Ireland. The title "King of Ireland" was created by an act of the Irish Parliament in 1541, replacing the Lordship of Ireland, which...
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    1919. The Republic claimed jurisdiction over the whole island of Ireland, but by 1920 its functional control was limited to only 21 of Ireland's 32 counties...
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    mean the 32 counties that existed prior to 1838 – the so-called traditional counties, 26 of which are in the Republic of Ireland. However, the Local...
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    common. In the 1990s the country entered a period of rapid economic growth as a result of the Celtic Tiger Irish economic boom, and the Republic started...
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  • Contraception was illegal in Ireland from 1935 until 1980, when it was legalised with strong restrictions, later loosened. The ban reflected Catholic teachings...
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    Britain and Ireland have been connected politically, reaching a height in 1801 with the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. About...
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  • The Workers' Party (Irish: Páirtí na nOibrithe) is an Irish republican, Marxist–Leninist communist party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
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  • The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 (No. 22 of 1948) is an Act of the Oireachtas which declares that the description of Ireland is the Republic of Ireland...
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    The Courts of Ireland consist of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court, the District Court and the Special Criminal...
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    of co-operation (such as agriculture, education and health) between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly...
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  • The Republic of Ireland national football team (Irish: Foireann peile náisiúnta Phoblacht na hÉireann) represents the Republic of Ireland in men's international...
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    Northern Ireland should leave the UK and unite with the Republic of Ireland?". Northern Ireland LIFE & TIMES. Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive...
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  • Irish republicanism (Irish: poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries...
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  • Northern Ireland Politics of the Republic of Ireland Politics of Northern Ireland Records of Irish heads of government since 1922 The President of Dáil Éireann...
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    The functions of local government in the Republic of Ireland are mostly exercised by thirty-one local authorities, termed County, City, or City and County...
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  • of which only that for Limerick was passed. Voting system Dáil vote for Taoiseach Politics of the Republic of Ireland Elections in Northern Ireland "System...
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  • of the Irish Free State. Before then he was legal adviser to the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State. Politics of the Republic of Ireland "Statute...
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    A political surgery, constituency surgery, constituency clinic, mobile office or sometimes advice surgery, in British and Irish politics, is a series of...
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    The economic history of the Republic of Ireland effectively began in 1922, when the then Irish Free State won independence from the United Kingdom. The...
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