suggesting that, in Eire, anybody who doesn't agree with the way the country is run could, and should, get out and live elsewhere.

Not what I said at all Don.
Eire is a free, democratic and secular country.
The Catholic Church has no role in its law-making (unlike the Anglican Church in UK)

In no country does every law suit every citizen or foreign guest.
Choices have to be made.
Choosing somewhere else is one.
Democratic processes to make changes are another.

Demanding they change their country to be more like ours is just colonialism.