“Un mucchio di scrocconi”: crescente pressione da parte del Regno Unito sull’Irlanda affinché investa nella difesa
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/02/16/a-bunch-of-freeloaders-increasing-uk-pressure-on-ireland-to-invest-in-defence/
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People here don’t want to hear it. But it’s well past time.
Ireland can’t keep up this cute “we’re neutral” routine up when we have to call the RAF or RN every time a plane or boat strays into our territory.
The question I have is this
What is the position of the Irish Government and why does the Irish Times’ article contain no quotes or contributions from members of the Irish Government?
It seems a remarkably biased article and I’m wondering who the audience is.
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The best way to get Ireland to not do something, is for the UK to increase pressure.
Obtuse hypocrisy. Irelands ‘proudly independent’ unless there’s a financial cost.
No use
They would rather lecture us about how Russia is the real victim in the Ukraine war and how NATO is actually the agressor.
Ireland is the virtue signaling capital of Europe while meanwhile being the biggest tax haven of the EU.
They al suffer from west bad brainrot after the fucked up things the Brits did to them.
no one wants to attack ireland because they just leave everyone alone and dont threaten the sovereignty of other countries, why is that so hard to understand. world disarmament NOW!!!
Ireland is already investing a lot more in defence actually.
But acknowledging that spoils the narrative.
Isn’t UK the only historical aggressor towards Ireland lol?
Fucking nerves to even suggest something like this.
Everyone needs to pull together. There’s no room for ‘neutrality’ in this world. We stand together or we fall apart.
They are grandstanding freeloaders.
Wake up, babe. New Ireland bashing thread just dropped
I’m not a fan of forcing countries or their populations into conflicts and militarization when they have no geopolitical need or threat in that area. There are so many sectors that should be prioritized and advanced when one has that luxury.
But it is amusing that the historically greatest aggressor toward Ireland is the one making this demand.
As a Brit no one here gives a monkeys about defending them it just happens, it’s a non conversation among everyday people. As it stands after all part of their island is part of the UK that’s being defended regardless, by default.
We see them as a good ally and friend regardless of the past and are very similar in lots of ways.
As a none Irish person I can’t really answer this but I would imagine it would make sense and wouldn’t cost them much really to have a single squadron of of fast jet interceptors for their own air space defence and 1-3 frigates they could do all this relatively cheap. And they would have their own independent capability.
The RAF or other European airforces could train their pilots.
I’m sure the British government would happily take on an extra order for a couple of type 26/31 frigates, they are building these anyway for many other allied nations.
Ireland no longer takes it’s orders off the Brits. Not since the 1920s.
You can be neutral and still be able to defend yourselves – the Nordics historically and Switzerland. For all Ireland’s chat of ‘get the Brits out’ they have to get the Royal Navy to patrol their own territorial waters. Ireland isn’t a poor country anymore it should spend more on defence. Fighting Irish my arse
Just let Ireland learn like we in Norway learned 😛
We are not doing our “Broken gun” policy again.
“If we do not spend on military, surely we wont be a target for military conquest”
Que the music and ww2 happen.
Turns out Germany did not care that we wanted to be neutral.
And our broken gun policy made it really easy compared to what taking a nation like Norway should have been.
Its Afghanistan on forest, island, lakes and swamp steroids. Would be hell for the German Blitzkrieg if properly defended. Hard to blitz thru that terrain.
Good. Fence sitters don’t do any favours.
The era of neutrality in Europe has come to end; Sweden has joined NATO, Switzerland has joined sactions and froze Russian assets, Austria is coperating with EU on security matters
I agree with brits here, Ireland needs to read the room, and start using some of that megacorp wealth for security.
But the truely funny part is, that Ireland hasn’t been completely neutral since a while:
> Article 42.7 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), states that if an EU member state is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other member states have an obligation to aid and assist **by all the means in their power**
So regardless if Ireland has their own security aperatus, an adversary fighting any other EU member, ireland will be involved.
I’m sorry but why should we pay for you all to boot lick the yanks and pleasure yourselves while cosplaying as a modern military power when in fact the world mocks you like when you’re at the hotel bar on your 4th margarita and suddenly realize there’s a Star Wars convention in town and you’re surrounded by Jedi Masters and Sith Lords.