Does this sound dodgy to you?

danmanchester

Undersized_Rascal wrote: »

It's Republic of Ireland or Ireland or Eireann . Not Eire:mad:......

Eire is seen as derogatory

I know this is off the OP's topic (sorry), but I'm curious - why is Éire considered a derogatory term??? It's on all the Irish postal stamps isn't it?

StaffsSW

Undersized_Rascal wrote: »

It's Republic of Ireland or Ireland or Eireann . Not Eire:mad:......
Eire is seen as derogatory
You can also use leprechaunia

It will always be the Free State to me!! And I've never heard of Eire being a derogatory term either. There is no indication on Wiki and the word appears on stamps and coins - including the Euro. Is it Political Correctness interference again?!

Back to the OP, what you write in your description has no bearing on what can actually happen, if you have not set up your buyer preferences to reflect this. Have a look at this link - http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BuyerBlockPreferences

Look at the amount of sellers that claim not to be responsible for items lost in the post!!!

Undersized_Rascal

danmanchester wrote: »

I know this is off the OP's topic (sorry), but I'm curious - why is Éire considered a derogatory term??? It's on all the Irish postal stamps isn't it?

800 YEARS OF OPPRESSION!:D
please take this lightly, i don't want to fight anyone but the banks

"Eire" v Ireland

When the Irish constitution was enacted in 1937, Articles 2-4 expressed a claim to the "whole island of Ireland" and thus an irredentist claim to the territory of Northern Ireland. For many Unionists in Northern Ireland and for people in Britain, the decision in Article 4 to give the state the names Ireland (the name of the island in English) and Éire (its name in Irish) was viewed as another attempt to lay claim to the whole of the island of Ireland.[7] In response to the new constitution, the British government published a communiqu! on 30 December 1937, the day after the constitution took effect. In the communiqu!, the British government explicitly recognised the two names Ireland and Eire and, implicitly, their identical meaning, by declaring:[8][9]

“His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom has considered the position created by the new Constitution...of the Irish Free State, in future to be described under the Constitution as 'Eire' or 'Ireland'...[and] cannot recognize that the adoption of the name 'Eire' or 'Ireland', or any other provision of those articles [of the Irish constitution], involves any right to territory...forming part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...They therefore regard the use of the name 'Eire' or 'Ireland' in this connection as relating only to that area which has hitherto been known as the Irish Free State.”

Despite this initial response, the British government quickly decided to refer to the state only as "Eire" and not Ireland. The British government finessed Article 4 and ignored Articles 2 and 3: if the Irish constitution said the name of the state in the national language was Éire, then that (written as "Eire") was what the British government would call it.[10] By doing so, it avoided any need to call the Irish state, in the English language, Ireland.[11] The change of name effected by the 1937 constitution (but not the other constitutional changes), was given effect in United Kingdom law in the Eire (Confirmation of Agreements) Act 1938. Under Section 1 of that Act, it was declared that (for the purposes of United Kingdom legislation) the territory "which was ... known as Irish Free State shall be styled as...Eire".[12]
The British approach of calling the state Eire, even in the English language was greatly assisted by the general preference of de Valera, the leader of the Irish government at the time, that the state be known as Éire, even in English. However, the Irish government, even when led by de Valera appreciated the significance of the name Ireland and insisted on that name in some fora. For example, in 1938 Irish representatives in the Commonwealth countries gave their official titles as High Commissioner for Ireland and the League of Nations was informed that Ireland was the correct English name for the country as was the Commonwealth.[8] The practice in other Commonwealth countries varied: At the outset at least, it appears South Africa and Canada used the name Ireland while New Zealand favoured Eire.[13] In 1947, the United Kingdom Home Office went further by issuing instructions to United Kingdom government departments to use Eire.[8]

Undersized_Rascal

For example, in 1938 Irish representatives in the Commonwealth countries gave their official titles as High Commissioner for Ireland and the League of NationsIreland was the correct English name for the country as was the Commonwealth.[8] The practice in other Commonwealth countries varied: At the outset at least, it appears South Africa and Canada used the name Ireland while New Zealand favoured Eire.[13] In 1947, the United Kingdom Home Office went further by issuing instructions to United Kingdom government departments to use Eire was informed that

StaffsSW

From further reading out of curiosity, it would seem that it is acceptable for Celts and Gaelic speakers to refer to the country as Eire, for that is the Gaelic name for what we know as "Ireland". If a non-Celt refers to the country as "Eire" then it is deemed as more condescending than offensive.

I'm thinking that somebody in the Irish Political Correctness department has been listening to too much Rap or Hip Hop.

"I ain't sayin' she's a gold-digger, but I don't see her messin' with no broke 'broke' "....

If this is the case I'm gutted. I always thought of it as the one nation that lived life at their own pace, and not taking things too seriously....

EmiliaAndBentley_2

Carebear!
If the buyer is not confirmed (on their address on the paypal page) do not post You are absoloutly not covered under any circumstances unless they are!!

Undersized_Rascal

i did say you could can also use Leprechaunia in my original post!