But your original post wasn’t about NI, it was about the RoI. You quoted, from an RoI newspaper, an article concerning the RoI, and you referred to ‘where I live’ which, IIRC, is Ballydehob? I’ve just checked the map and Ballydehob is in the RoI.

You can wriggle all you like, but the RoI is not a part of the UK. If you wish to discuss RoI politics, I would respectfully suggest that the one and only permitted UK politics thread is not the appropriate place for it, and you should start a separate ‘RoI Politics’ thread.

Wriggle away….