The Republic of Ireland, in the south, is an independent country.

南部的爱尔兰共和国是一个独立的国家。

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Holland and the Republic of Ireland drew one-one.

荷兰队与爱尔兰队一比一平。

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France's passage to the World Cup was also tainted with controversy after Thierry Henry's infamous handball against the Republic of Ireland.

法国队的世界杯之路由于亨利对着爱尔兰一役的无耻手球而不干不净。

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But he says Ireland is not the last obstacle. He says another big problem is that the president of Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus has also not signed.

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The planned cull is part of a joint effort by the Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland governments to try to stamp out foot-and-mouth disease.

BBC: Farm in Thisk in Northern Ireland

Both the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland football bodies claimed victory on Saturday after Fifa said current rules would stay "unchanged".

BBC: Fifa unable to clarify Irish row

Basil McCrea of the UUP, who chairs the education and learning committee, wanted to know why the minister thought it was fair that people from other parts of the UK should be made to pay three times the amount paid by those from Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, or other parts of the European Union.

BBC: Northern Ireland Assembly