In a rare televised speech, a politician in this country said “as a community, we are living away beyond our means” in response to an energy crisis. This country’s modernization was outlined in the 2021 “personal history” We Don’t Know Ourselves. Police captured a bowtie-wearing double murderer in the apartment of the chief law officer of this country, whose media called the scandal “grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre, and unprecedented,” or “GUBU” (“GOO-BOO”). Candidates in this country and its northern neighbor ran in the “Anti H-Block” party. Awareness of domestic issues in this country was heightened by The Late Late Show on RTÉ (“ARR-TAY-AY”), its national broadcaster. In this country, Charles Haughey’s (“HAW-hee’s”) government proposed the 8th Amendment, almost fully banning abortions with support from Fianna Fáil (“fee-AH-nuh FAYL”). For 10 points, name this country whose booming economy of the 1990s was called the “Celtic Tiger.” ■END■
ANSWER: Ireland [or Republic of Ireland; or Éire (“AY-ruh”); or Poblacht na hÉireann; reject “Northern Ireland”]
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