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Originally Posted by trackercowe
But Ireland was part of Great Britain's team this time around (well Northern Ireland at least). So why bother differentiating in their musical acts, if they let athletes from the other nations compete as Briton's?
Forgot which part of Ireland U2 is from, and too lazy to look up, but they could have made an exception.
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NI and Ireland are very (very) different
NI is part of GB, Ireland is not
politically it wouldn't have gone over well in England (and they would have been ripped in Ireland)