8 Facts About Ireland Republic

1. Flag of Ireland Republic is a tricolour of green, white and orange.

2. In 2015 Ireland Republic became the second country in the world to introduce plain cigarette packaging.

3. On 23 May 2015, Ireland Republic became the first country to legalise same-sex marriage by popular vote.

4. In 2011, Ireland Republic was ranked the most charitable country in Europe, and second most charitable in the world.

5. The Central Bank of Ireland Republic introduced a new statistic, "modified GNI", to remove these distortions.

6. Northern Ireland Republic exercised its right under the treaty to leave the new Dominion and rejoined the United Kingdom on 8 December 1922.

7. The new Irish Ireland Republic was recognised internationally only by the Russian Soviet Republic.

8. The Constitution of Ireland Republic, adopted in 1937, provides that "the name of the State is Eire, or, in the English language, Ireland".