What did I say that’s inaccurate?
The Republic of Ireland is an independent country which consists of most of the island of Ireland. It is not part of the UK. The Republic of Ireland is the country this article is about.
There's a small bit of the island of Ireland that is part of the UK; that's Northern Ireland, but it's not the country this article is about. (And even it is not a colony; it's an integral part of the UK, which stands for the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".)
LOL! Nothing!