[yarddog]

Well Northern Ireland is a part of the UK.

[PotatoHeadMick]

“Well Northern Ireland is a part of the UK”.

Yes, and that is clearly stated in the first line of the article.

The person being interviewed was a representative of a different country, the Republic of Ireland.

It’s not terribly confusing, if a member of the South Korean government was being interviewed you wouldn’t expect the interviewer to ask about “your president Kim Jong-un”, you’d expect a commentator on international finance to have a basic grasp of political geography.

[hinckley buzzard]

"Northern Ireland" does not equal "Ireland." Or do people think "Baja California" is part of "California?"

Geography is fun and not hard. People should try it sometime.