However, her death, a week after admission, put the spotlight on the Irish Republic's confused abortion laws.
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MPs in several EU countries, including the Irish Republic, are considering following the American example.
Last year, Aviva announced it was to cut almost 1, 000 jobs in the Irish Republic.
The Irish Republic and Portugal have both been bailed out, and Greece has been rescued twice.
He was flown to Wexford hospital in the Irish Republic where he later died.
The Irish Republic also dropped its constitutional claim to the six counties which form Northern Ireland.
People in the Irish Republic are bracing themselves for yet another tough budget next week.
Like the UK, the Irish Republic is signed up to the European Convention on Human Rights.
It has emerged that some beefburgers on sale in UK and Irish Republic supermarkets contained horsemeat.
Tony Blair became the first British prime minister to address the parliament of the Irish republic.
Probably the two most over used words to describe the Queen's visit to the Irish Republic.
Mr Robinson said he regards the Irish Republic as "good neighbours" rather than a threat.
He said he regards the Irish Republic as "good neighbours" rather than a threat.
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At present, at least 11 women leave the Irish Republic every day for an abortion in Britain.
The controversy surrounding contamination of meat products has also affected firms in the Irish Republic and Poland.
Sinn Fein boycotted the Queen's historic visit to the Irish Republic, earning themselves some negative press coverage.
In Brussels, Mr Paterson met with counterparts from the Irish Republic, France, Romania, Luxembourg, Sweden and Poland.
Police seal off a farm in County Louth as the Irish Republic maintains a full foot-and-mouth alert.
The UK and Irish Republic still maintain passport controls, but comply with some of the Schengen provisions.
There will be institutionalised power-sharing, formal links with the Irish Republic and wide-ranging reform of the police.
All three Ulster counties which are part of the Irish Republic had voted to scrap Rule 21.
Of the heavily-indebted so-called PIIGS (Portugal, the Irish Republic, Italy, Greece and Spain) countries, Irish shares fared best.
The four-year-old from Galway in the Irish Republic has been diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare children's cancer.
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The TUV leader, Jim Allister, reckoned trying to match the Irish Republic's 12.5% rate was "chasing a moonbeam".
In recent local elections in the Irish republic, Sinn Fein has recorded over 5% of first preference votes.
Ulster Bank has 1.9m customers in Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and other parts of the United Kingdom.
Earlier this week, the Irish Republic's Transport Minister Leo Varadkar said his government remained "politically committed to the A5".
The fiscal compact will now go before national parliaments and, in the case of the Irish Republic, a referendum.
Ministers from the Irish Republic, France, Romania, Luxembourg, Sweden and Poland will attend.
With shoppers increasingly buying unhealthy foods, the figures suggest the Irish Republic is heading towards a public health crisis.
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