Being a young country, Ireland still has a lot of throw backs to the time of British Rule. The Constitution was written by a man who had a economic vision of self subsitance in Ireland, a vision which was only reveresed when Lemass came to power and famously decided things can’t get any worse, and so we should look towards trade and regular economics to supply our country. That was in 1958, 48 years ago.
Part of our young history means we have a lot of legal structures in place that date well before the inception of the Republic of Ireland. The Attorney General is in the middle of a project to remove all out dated and unrelevant laws from our books. Unfortunately, this means it will be no longer illegal to bait lions and tigers in Ireland. Among some of the laws that are in our books, but that do now apply to Ireland are:
- Deer Stealing (England)
- Militia pay (England)
- Westminster fish market
- Duties on cinnamon, etc.