(21 Feb 2015, 4:59 pm)Greg in Weardale wrote To continue being ridiculously pedantic, it's the island of Ireland consisting of the country of Eire (the republic) and Northern Ireland, part of the UK. So "Ireland" covers it all and a bus manufacturer in Ireland obviously refers to Wrights.
Just to join in with this little game.
Obviously, this wasn't always the case...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAC_Ireland Unless of course we are talking politically, rather than being based on geography.
Let's hope nobody else sets up in the Republic eh?