::: As has been pointed out, people in Northern Ireland can register many different domains, not just .ie.  That is a domain for the country known as the republic of Ireland, NOT the United Kingdom or one part of this. The only political position that appears to be taking place is seeking to pretend that northern Ireland is somehow part of the republic of ireland and should have its domain listed. That is misleading, and unacceptable.  .ie is not the domain for Northern Ireland, only .uk is as NI is part of the UK.  As it is not specifically for Northern Ireland, there is the justified position of removing the listing all together which seems like a fair compromise. But it is factually inaccurate and blatantly biased for this article to pretend ie. is Northern Irelands domain. Provide sources stating that .ie is the top level country domain of Northern Ireland, i think you will find the sources and evidence show that .uk is.  As the United Kingdom is a country, and Republic of Ireland (unfortunately and confusingly often just called Ireland) is a country.  There is no 32 counties or "island" top level domain.