The Irish government is to repeal 5782 regulations and orders which pre-date Ireland's indepence in the largest repeal of outdated laws in any country.This includes a 1542 proclamation saying the Queen is "King of Ireland". Also included is an order from 1590 prohibiting the sale of horses out of the Pale 'upon pain of death'. The Pale was an English-ruled area in Dublin. According to the Belfast Telegraph, Ulster King Shane O'Neill will no longer be declared a traitor once a 1561 proclamation to that effect is repealed and Catholic proprietors will no more face removal to the western province of Connacht, as ordered in 1654.
Other rules to be wiped out include:
- A proclamation of 1227 to proclaim in Ireland the laws and customs of England
- A proclamation of 1346 declaring English money to be current in Ireland
- A declaration of 1654 ordering the removal of Catholic landowners with their wives, children and families from the provinces of Leinster, Munster and Ulster to Connacht
- A proclamation of 1665 ordering the quarantine of ships' passengers on account of plague
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