Hiya
I bought my Kindle of Amazon.uk last year. Yes they didnt deliver to Ireland only uk. I got around this by using the services of deliverme.ie, company in Newry, you use their address as delivery, pay them fee as per weight of goods and when they get, the deliver to you on next business day. For Kindle and cover it was 22 euro charge, delivered directly to my place of work. I have used them a number of times for items not delivered to republic and found them great. They have a tracking system online also where you can track your delivery. I just thought it was a lot quicker than ordering via Amazon.US.