I think they mean an island that is off the coast of UK OR off the coast of NI. At the risk of being the grumpy ol’ git that I am, bad grammar and English is rife these days. An occasional glance at the ticker tape strip on any news programme quickly proves this! Lol. Geography isn’t much better!
I’m glad it’s not just me 😂
My bug bears include the appalling pronunciation that prevails these days, most notably not sounding the letter ‘h’ at the start of a word, the letter ‘t’ in the middle of a word and the letter ‘g’ at the end of words – and that’s before we get to the “innit”s and“like”s 😂
The government should reintroduce the information films that many of us will remember (Charlie says etc) reminding people how to speak English. Whilst they are at it, they can include the fact that the letter H is pronounced ‘aitch’, NOT ‘haitch’ and that it’s “would have” not “would of”. I must go for a lay down 😂