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Happy to use ROI to describe the majority of the island of Ireland from now on.
Full disclosure however as a 56 year old Englishman, this is the first time I've ever heard that Eire was a problematic description, and (tbh without foundation) I thought it was a Irish based descriptor.
I see that you think it is deliberately used by people with an agenda, but there is a possibility that it has been used by people like me who were honestly trying to choose the correct term.
Sifta
Sorry to be a “snowflake” here, but could you guys stop using Eire to describe Ireland or the ROI? It’s inaccurate and continues to be used deliberately by conservative types who refuse to recognise Irish independence or whatever other petty reasons they choose to use it. Goes back to 1937 and has a history of misuse. Also, the correct spelling is Éire, eire having a very different meaning in the language.