User:Domer48/Republic of Ireland Sandbox
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"Republic of Ireland" is a descriptive term for the Irish State. While the Irish State had been in essence a republic since 1922, it still had not describe itself as such. This final step was legislated for in the Republic of Ireland Act 1948. This was merely to make clear what had all along been inferred by the External Relations Act and the 1937 Constitution.[1] The Act came into operation on 18 April 1949 - S.I 27/1949, and repealed the Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936, and stated that "The President, on the authority and on the advice of the Government, may exercise the executive power or any executive function of the State in or in connection with its external relations."[2] This severed the final link with the British Monarchy.[3][4][5] The Act stated that the description of the State is Republic of Ireland, but the name of the State remains Ireland in accordance with Article 4 of the Constitution.[6][7] While introducing the bill John A. Costello stressed that it did not purport to amend the constitution of 1937 which states that the name of the State is Éire, or in the English language, Ireland. Ireland, the Constitutional name of the State is the preferred term by the Irish Government. [8] A view shared by the European Union and it's 27 Member States, who say Ireland must always be written and abbreviated according to the Interinstitutional Style Guide rules and that neither “Republic of Ireland” nor “Irish Republic” should be used when referring to the Irish State.[9]