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Outside the Northern Ireland peace process the term IONA is used by the World Universities Debating Championship and in inter-varsity debating competitions throughout Britain and Ireland.

In this context IONA is one of the regions which appoint a representative onto the committee of the World Universities Debating Council.

Interestingly Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Iceland would actually be included in the definition of IONA used in this context while Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island would be in North America.

However none of these islands have yet participated in the World Universities Debating Championships.

Otherwise, the term has achieved very little popular usage in any context.