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I'm puzzled though - I got an email stating that I was 3168th. I wonder how PJ got that number there.

Méabh wrote:I'm puzzled though - I got an email stating that I was 3168th. I wonder how PJ got that number there.

oops..I transposed my numbers or something, but its in the 3000 area so just 2000 more to go

I just read the petition and I was 3167

Redwolf wrote:But isn't "Éire" also the official name of the country known in English as "The Republic of Ireland"? That's definitely what it says on the postage stamps!

Éire is the name of Ireland in Irish – that is, the entire country (all the counties, its territorial seas, Islands, etc.). The term "Republic of Ireland" is not the name of the country at all. It is simply an official legal description of Ireland. The official description resides in law and can therefore be changed by the government, whereas the name, Éire resides in our constitution (Bunreacht na hÉireann) and can only be changed by the people.

You have to remember that the foreign rule of the six north-eastern counties and the border was not officially recognised by Ireland until 1998 when articles 2 and 3 of An Bunreacht were repealed by Constitutional referendum by the people as a result of the Belfast Agreement.

So... from An Bunreacht "Éire is ainm don Stát nó, sa Sacs-Bhéarla, Ireland.". This refers to the whole Island of Ireland.

-jp

Cad atá ar an seafóid ansin chomh "Loud Speakers" agus faoina seirbhísí bhéile?

Yeah - bhí mise ag wonderáil faoin bhia chomh maith!

But isn't "Éire" also the official name of the country known in English as "The Republic of Ireland"? That's definitely what it says on the postage stamps!

Your getting into political country there

I signed as well, even though someone will say "Internet Petitions hold no water"

You should see the number of petitions to crucify Universal Studios for what they are doing to Doom, nevermind the number of signatures

Méabh wrote:I signed as well, even though someone will say "Internet Petitions hold no water"

Have faith ...it was a petition just like this that started the ball rolling on starting official status for Irish in the EU. We have to start someplace.

McClane, could you get your hands on the Doom petition and change the title ?

Tá ceart agat - bhí Panu an-rathúil lena iarratas idirlín

McClane, could you get your hands on the Doom petition and change the title ?

Probably but the signatures would be full of comments like this:

Alastair Coldwell - This movie is an abhorration of the DOOM mythology. This will surely relegate the status of DOOM to nothing more than a husk of its former self. DOOM MARINE "Oh no! here comes a mutant zombie...... hold on isn't this the UAC." PINKY "No, its the umbrella corporation!"

Umbrella Corporation = "bad guys" in Resident Evil. Another bad bad movie.

H.C - If this movie goes through i'm going to fucking kill you all, i'm going to KILL ALL YOU HOLLYWOOD FAGS!!! You deserve to DIE AND EAT SHIT, EAT SHIT FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!

They might get suspicious