Possible Clues:

• Former - and present - state of Ireland
• Charge is about right — nothing!
• Allowed to do as one pleases
• "Live ___ or Die" (N.H. motto)
• About to be bound in iron? On the contrary
• Fall of Golding
• Not at any price
• London number called but not paid for
• French and English, European and democratic
• It's like -less