I'd be really interested to hear more on this from anyone that has just done their initall Class 1 here in Ireland, and has since gone onto to train in the UK.
I rang the IAA, and they confirmed that a Class 1 done in Ireland, is indeed a JAR approved medical!!! However, they don't exactly inspire much confidence in me.
As for UK schools insisting on a UK Class 1, surely if the Irish one is JAR compliant, they can't make you do another one?