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  • EalingGreen
    Seasoned Pro
    • Aug 2006
    • 3719
    #1

    Rubbish

    Originally posted by Olé Olé
    https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/spo...585952490.html

    Michael O'Neill speaks publicly about Ronan Hale switching his allegiance from Ireland to NI.
    "Ireland"? Is that Rugby, Basketball, Cricket even?

    Anyhow, this is all a bit of fuss over nothing - local journo's looking for an angle, basically.

    The key phrase was: “The fact is we could pick him and play him [in friendlies] but it wouldn’t really count for anything but I don’t think that would send the right message to the rest of the squad.
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    • Olé Olé
      International Prospect
      • Sep 2011
      • 5475
      #2
      Originally posted by EalingGreen
      "Ireland"? Is that Rugby, Basketball, Cricket even?
      You've come onto a forum that is plainly marked "Ireland" and left this comment. I don't even know what to say.

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        • EalingGreen
          Seasoned Pro
          • Aug 2006
          • 3719
          #3
          Originally posted by Olé Olé
          You've come onto a forum that is plainly marked "Ireland" and left this comment. I don't even know what to say.
          How about saying "ROI"?
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            • 2 Year Contract
              Seasoned Pro
              • Oct 2018
              • 2974
              #4
              Originally posted by EalingGreen
              How about saying "ROI"?
              https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-r...IRL?gender=men
              Do you call the club you support 'Glentoran' or do you solely refer to them as 'Glentoran Football Club' at all times?

              The Republic of Ireland national team is commonly referred to as Ireland by the majority of people whether you agree with it or not
              Paaatrick's Agletic

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                • tetsujin1979
                  Coach
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 23730
                  #5
                  Originally posted by EalingGreen
                  How about saying "ROI"?
                  https://inside.fifa.com/fifa-world-r...IRL?gender=men
                  You're well aware the policy is to refer to the senior national side as Ireland, unless clarification is needed, and then "Republic of Ireland" is acceptable.
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                    • EalingGreen
                      Seasoned Pro
                      • Aug 2006
                      • 3719
                      #6
                      Originally posted by 2 Year Contract
                      Do you call the club you support 'Glentoran' or do you solely refer to them as 'Glentoran Football Club' at all times?
                      No need, since there is no other "Glentoran" to distinguish them from.

                      Originally posted by 2 Year Contract
                      The Republic of Ireland national team is commonly referred to as Ireland by the majority of people whether you agree with it or not
                      It's not so long since the IFA team was referred to as "Ireland" and the FAI team as "Eire", or even the "Free State".

                      Simple fact is, the official name of the latter is "Republic of Ireland", while "ROI" is easier to type, just as "NI" is easier to type than "the North", or "currrently illegally occupied six county statelet" as some would have it.

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