The 1.4 MGZS was ONLY available in Southern Ireland, but a few did get registered in the UK, it was the same as the Ford Focus, that was only available as a Van in Southern Ireland, but wasnt available anywhere else.
Theres a Focus van in an Arnie film - 6th day iirc (sorry, sad I know)
Its a late reg 55 plate so probably was destined for Ireland but got registered over here because im sure when MG-R went under all exports were stopped. I know theres a load of left hand drive MG-R's that were registered and sold over here aswell that were left over when MG-R went.