"Irish Republic" and the BBC - What is their problem?

Beanstalk · 26-05-2009 04:41PM

stovelid wrote: »

Sorry man, I wasn't having a go at you.

Obviously, it's acceptable here to say Derry. In Britain, referring to LD probably doesn't necessarily mean anything other than adhering to the official name.

Also to your average British TV viewer who isn't that well up on Irish politics, Ireland could probably refer to either side of the border. Loads of British people just think of NI as 'Ireland' so it's probably natural for the BBC to distinguish between the two.

This is true. I live in England, everyone here thinks im from Northern Ireland because of my accent. The fact im from Donegal only gets looks of confusion. I don't mind at all though, I don't expect anyone over here to be well versed in Irish Politics. Even the news programmes in Britain are regionally based, so you would hardly ever hear northern ireland mentioned in the BBC South News.

A Primal Nut · 26-05-2009 04:41PM

Rebelheart wrote: »

Why use "Irish Republic" when they could use "Republic of Ireland" and at least be more correct? And indeed 'Ireland' is shorter still, and happens to be the correct official internationally recognised name of this state. But they opt for a longer version. Hmmmm.

Who gives a sh*t to be honest.

People get their knickers in a twist over the dumbest things. Get a life.

Latchy · 26-05-2009 04:42PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

and after everything thats happened in the country in the last week all your bothered about is whatever name some people call it

This sums it up for me .Like you would think we would get over this Brit 'naughty boys' hang up once and for all .

stovelid · 26-05-2009 04:43PM

tororosso wrote: »

The fact that the BBC say 'Irish Republic' clearly refers to 'Republic of Ireland' and doesnt seem to confuse most people so I cannot see what the issue is to be honest!!!!

LOL. If we've got to the stage where the British state broadcaster can't refer to this country by a name that explicitly recognizes our status as a republic, and clearly delineates us as a separate, sovereign entity to British-controlled territory, than clearly whatever the Brits say will always be wrong in some people's eyes.

mike65 · 26-05-2009 04:44PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Republic? :eek:

What?????? Nobody told me about this.

Oh. My. God. We did it guys!!! WE DID IT!!!!

WUHOOO!!!!!

The Republic of Paedophilia & Taxfiddlia nearly sounds like a real country.

Latchy · 26-05-2009 04:45PM

mike65 wrote: »

The Republic of Paedophilia, & Taxfiddlia nearly sounds like a real country.

Now dont go upsetting the OP on this one

Agree .

Rebelheart · 26-05-2009 04:45PM

loveissucide wrote: »

It's actually Republic Of Ireland.And we are officially known as Eire.

It's actually not Éire. Re-read your Constitution as it is very, very clear that the official name of this state when speaking English is Ireland. Éire has no legal basis when using English. In a British request, in English, for extradition some years back the judge rejected the request on the grounds that it did not have the correct name of this state on it. It had Éire rather than Ireland.

stovelid · 26-05-2009 04:48PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

and after everything thats happened in the country in the last week all your bothered about is whatever name some people call it

So true.

The real enemies of this country are here, not on the other side of the Irish sea.

Daroxtar · 26-05-2009 04:52PM

I'm gonna p1ss off all those gobsh1tes who keep blatherin on about that kip down south by referring to the peoples republic of cork as the Corkish Republic!!!

Latchy · 26-05-2009 04:53PM

stovelid wrote: »

So true.

The real enemies of this country are here, not on the other side of the Irish sea.

Indeed ,we have well used up our lets blame the Brits for everything card .It's usually dragged out a lot to cover up the wrongdoings in Ireland .

Rebelheart · 26-05-2009 04:54PM

Saruman wrote: »

I was under the impression that we are part of the British Isles, and were named that way not only by the Romans but by the Greeks.
I could very easily be wrong of course but my point is more along the lines of I don't give a crap if the BBC calls us Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Eire, Irish republic. I don't care if they name us as one of the British Isles.

edit: This is what I was referring to pretty much.

Ha! Get yourself over to the Wikipedia 'British Isles' discussion (and its 27 archives) and you are in for a big shock. You could also read the article and you'll discover that the term British Isles only entered the English language as the results of an English imperialist called John Dee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles

mike65 · 26-05-2009 04:57PM

Saruman wrote: »

my point is more along the lines of I don't give a crap if the BBC calls us Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Eire, Irish republic. I don't care if they name us as one of the British Isles.

so long that we can receive the BBC (lets get the priorities right!).

Elmo · 26-05-2009 04:59PM

I assume that the refer to the south of Ireland the Irish Republic or the Republic of Ireland to avoid confusion with Northern Ireland, which happens to be part of the Island of Ireland which is also simply known as Ireland. The south (26 counties) of Ireland is a Republic. As long as they don't call it Éire, I don't care.

p1akuw47h5r3it · 26-05-2009 05:00PM

stovelid wrote: »

Typical {West Brit | Provo maniac}

/delete where applicable.

No. Irish.

Rebelheart · 26-05-2009 05:00PM

stovelid wrote: »

In Britain, referring to LD probably doesn't necessarily mean anything other than adhering to the official name.

Odd - or is it? - that they can't seem to apply the same 'adhering to the official name' logic here and use the official name of this state, Ireland.

....

Elmo · 26-05-2009 05:03PM

Also they often refer to the British Government or the British Prime Ministers or Britian when the really mean The Government of the UK, the UK Prime Minister or the UK.

Now that I think of it the BBC really should be UKBC.

Tawny · 26-05-2009 05:03PM

Rebelheart wrote: »

I am specifically talking about the British Broadcasting Corporation. Why do they keep referring to this state by neither its official name nor its official description? ... Indeed, they cannot seem to even manage the official description, Republic of Ireland.

Rubbish

"Tesco has cut prices by up to 25% at 11 stores in the Republic of Ireland near the border with Northern Ireland."http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8033869.stm

"Meanwhile, figures released by the Department of Trade and Investment showed a 26% increase in the number of holidaymakers visiting Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland last year." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8062931.stm

"The government has been defeated in the Lords over plans to introduce controls over people travelling between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7977911.stm

mike65 · 26-05-2009 05:04PM

Still at least no-one refers to the United States of America as America, eh?

Rebelheart · 26-05-2009 05:05PM

Elmo wrote: »

I assume that the refer to the south of Ireland the Irish Republic or the Republic of Ireland to avoid confusion with Northern Ireland, which happens to be part of the Island of Ireland which is also simply known as Ireland. The south (26 counties) of Ireland is a Republic. As long as they don't call it Éire, I don't care.

Argghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

'Irish Republic' is not the correct description of this state. 'Republic of Ireland', in sharp contrast, is. The difference is germane.

Elmo · 26-05-2009 05:05PM

We do all understand that the offical name of the Republic of Ireland is Éire or in the English Lanuage Ireland.

stovelid · 26-05-2009 05:06PM

DanDan6592 wrote: »

No Irish.

...No blacks, no dogs?

Those dirty Brits.

ejmaztec · 26-05-2009 05:07PM

Might as well change the name to Vagina, because we're pretty much fucked.

p1akuw47h5r3it · 26-05-2009 05:07PM

stovelid wrote: »

...No blacks, no dogs?

Those dirty Brits.

:D:D

I'll ****ing edit it so:pac:

Dudess · 26-05-2009 05:16PM

RaverRo808 wrote: »

The BBC make my blood boil with thier really condesending 'Republic of Ireland',and their 'LondonDerry' and 'the United Kingdom of England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland',they still think of us as a puppet of Britain,sure when Samantha Mumba was big,she was credited as being the fastest selling artist from Britain,FFS they wont even let us have Samantha Mumba,jesus I hate them,lol

Who do you hate? The Brits or the BBC?

Read this carefully: THEY'RE NOT OUT TO GET US - IN FACT THEY DON'T GIVE A SH1T ABOUT US.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 26-05-2009 05:23PM

Do you have some sort of radar software installed on your computer to draw you to these threads, Dudess?

Don't get me wrong, it's good to see you spray your own stream of common sense all over the place but, jesus, it's like you can smell 'em or something.

Gummy Panda · 26-05-2009 05:24PM

I've heard TDs refer to the Republic of Ireland as the Irish Republic on the radio. Maybe they picked it up from them.

I think the Irish Republic sounds okay.

ejmaztec · 26-05-2009 05:27PM

Axl Beautiful Driveway wrote: »

Do you have some sort of radar software installed on your computer to draw you to these threads, Dudess?

Don't get me wrong, it's good to see you spray your own stream of common sense all over the place but, jesus, it's like you can smell 'em or something.

She's got a paranoia alarm in the bat-cave.

carlop · 26-05-2009 05:37PM

If it bothers you so much OP then just don't watch the BBC. After all it is a foreign broadcaster, in fact any proud Irishman should immediately disconnect any television channel that is not RTE, TV3, TG4 or Setanta Ireland.

Considering the quality of coverage the BBC provides to a country that doesn't pay a cent towards its licence fee, I'm willing to allow them to call the Republic of Ireland the Irish Republic. I've also generally found the BBC to be one of the most impartial state broadcasters around.

b28 · 26-05-2009 05:38PM

God I hate these threads!

Joey the lips · 26-05-2009 05:44PM

Who cares!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8

We are Irish no matter what and the west brits can go jump!

"Irish Republic" and the BBC - What is their problem?

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