Friday 24 May 2013
Regarding the letter from John Condon (Write Back, May 31), I would like to add my voice to his objecting to the silly habit people in TV and the Press have of calling Ireland the 'Republic of Ireland', instead of just Ireland, as everyone else refers to the team.
PAUL WHELAN
By e-mail
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