Talk:Republic of Ireland#Requested move 26 March 2025

The current order of affairs is that there is a page for the Irish Republic (1919-21), then the Irish Free State (1921-1937) and then the Republic of Ireland (1937-today). However, between 1937-1948 Ireland was still under British rule: the 1937 Constitution did not proclaim a republic but rather Éire. So I suggest that there ought to be a page or at least a bigger notice that the Republic of Ireland was not formed straight after the Irish Free State as it is currently being implied. Joshua D. Muthi (talk) 10:18, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

:No, it wasn't under British rule from 1937. The 1937 constitution of Ireland is still in force today. DrKay (talk) 11:00, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

::It was in fact under British rule until the Republic of Ireland act (1948), between 1937 and 1949, the state was officially called "Éire" 213.133.65.131 (talk) 23:13, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

:::Between 1937 and 1949, it was no more under British rule than was Australia or Canada: the King was head of state for diplomatic purposes and no more. The state is still called "{{lang|ga|Éire}}" (in Irish) and "Ireland" (in English), according to whichever language is being used at the time: see Constitution of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 did not change the name of the state, bur merely give it an "additional description". All this is explained at The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 if you bother to read it. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 16:54, 20 March 2025 (UTC)

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• :Republic of Ireland → {{no redirect|Ireland}}
• :Ireland → {{no redirect|Ireland_(island)}}

– Common names Dr. Precursor (talk) 01:49, 26 March 2025 (UTC)}}

:@Dr. Precursor completely agree with this, it's not right that the name of the article is the "description of the state" per it's constitution. Gorrrillla5 (talk) 16:13, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

::I highly doubt the move will happen. Dr. Precursor (talk) 00:55, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

:Talk:Republic of Ireland/FAQ

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Change the name of this page from "Republic of Ireland" to "Ireland - Éire". The State of Ireland is not named the Republic of Ireland, that is not its name/title. Bunreacht na hÉireann is the Constitution of Ireland and Article 4 of the Constitution specifies "The name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland"https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#part2. Section 2 of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 declares that "Republic of Ireland" is "the description of the State"https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1948/act/22/section/2/enacted/en/html, this is not a name it is a description only. Aside from this Ireland is registered as a member State of the United Nations and is referred to there as "Ireland" alone, as opposed to Iran for example which is registered with the United Nations as "Iran (Islamic Republic of)"https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states#gotoI. Therefore this article is wrong to allude to the name of the State of Éire/Ireland being Republic of Ireland.

Also remove the part that says also known as the Republic of Ireland for the same reasons. No Irish institution or government body refers to Ireland as the Republic of Ireland. MacMiadhacháin (talk) 16:41, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

:{{not done}}: See FAQ above. CMD (talk) 17:04, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

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Paragraph Economy has quite old information, for instance

"The transfer of this debt means that Ireland, in 2017, still has one of the highest levels of both public sector indebtedness, and private sector indebtedness, in the EU-28/OECD."

More up-to-date sources exist, like

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-22102024-bp

which shows public debt at the lower end of EU countries, at 42.8%/GPP 128.214.173.198 (talk) 10:31, 28 April 2025 (UTC)