Now that DOES surprise me, thanks mate! [thumbup]
Most "Royal" organisations work under a Royal Warrant, or so I thought - we're always learning, aren't we...

Oh and it's hilarious.. I'm glad I could have helped start it.

It's just page 2 for me. I intend to get it to page 6 for me, too. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/devil1.gif

"You people" would be just me, the two of us are the only ones discussing this. And no, I'm still not too surprised. Maybe that's because for me, "royal" doesn't mean much except that some nation thought something was very valuable. Also, I wouldn't have a clue if this seperate charity lifeboat service is the only one in Ireland - I would now assume they have a coastguard of their own who would also help people in need?

Anyway, whatever the whole story, I'm not shocked or highly surprised.

I'm pretty sure that almost no one in non english speaking countries knows what Eire means, except those who deal with it in at work or are generally interested. I never heard it, and noone I know ever heard it.

Other than that you're right, there are many "insider" threads here sometimes.

You are not the only person in this thread who can't see what I was getting out with my OP.

And no, I'm still not too surprised. Maybe that's because for me, "royal" doesn't mean much except that some nation thought something was very valuable. Also, I wouldn't have a clue if this seperate charity lifeboat service is the only one in Ireland - I would now assume they have a coastguard of their own who would also help people in need?

Anyway, whatever the whole story, I'm not shocked or highly surprised. We're talking about the Irish Republic here. A country that fought for years (and in the case of Northern Ireland still is) against British rule.

It's more ironic than you may realise - during the War, the Republic was "neutral" and actually gave some support to the U-boats that were sinking the British and American shipping - one of the reasons the Irish were hated in some of the UK ports!

That's odd, because in the same programme (Coast) they said that the Irish Republic gave permission for British planes to fly over their territory from Northern Ireland in order to have an easy route to the Atlantic.

There's 'official' and 'unofficial' actions.
Because of the anti-English sentiments of many of the people, and that Germans had as much right to be there as the English - indeed, with the 'my enemy's enemy' thinking they may have been more welcome, it wasn't uncommon for U-boats to pick up supplies in some of the smaller ports and harbours, just as spies weren't acted against by the people.
The 'official' position may have been supposed strick neutrality, but that had be acted upon by the people.

This should keep you reading for a while -
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Check out the actions of the "Black and Tans" post WW1 in Ireland for some more background.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

The IRLE doesn't seem to be very British, and not at all related to British rule. It's just from Britain, and endorsed by the country apparently, but then that's no crime if your job is to save lives. It's an international organisation, recognized in both countries, and serves the region rather than specific countries. Whatever the political disagreements between the two specific countries, it seems to me that fighting off lifeguards is somewhere along the same lines as, I don't know, fighting off people from the Red Cross or Medicans sans Frontiers.

I'm sure there are more organisations and/or businesses that operate in the entire region of islands. I imagine that so long as there aren't too many ties with government, the problem is not that huge.

Sometimes it's worth coming back here. I love you Bungle and your little Englander ways.

WTF are you on about now?

there's nothing England'er about Bungle..

put it this way,if eugenics or ethnic cleansing was legal here,bungle would have been gone a long time ago