L’Irlanda mira a una più stretta cooperazione con i vicini della NATO per gestire le minacce marittime
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ireland-eyes-closer-cooperation-with-nato-neighbours-handle-maritime-threats-2026-02-25/
di Fealocht
14 commenti
We should be joining.
Britain already monitors our sky’s and seas. Hardly seems like a major departure from the current set up
>The Department of Defence strategy calls for closer cooperation with NATO members Britain and France and says Ireland should look to participate in activities with the Joint Expeditionary Force grouping of 10 North Atlantic NATO member states.
>The strategy says Ireland will look to deal with “critical gaps” in the country’s monitoring ability with the development of new radar, towed sonar and sonobuoy capability over the next two years. It will look at space-based technologies and look to cooperate more closely with EU data-sharing programmes. It also calls for the increased use of new technologies such as uncrewed vessels and maritime drones.
Seems reasonable to me.
It’s one (very valid) thing not joining NATO. But it’s another not working as effectively as possible with the countries around you, or not monitoring your own territory in a time of obvious security risk across Europe.
Can we finally admit we’re not actually a neutral country now please.
All of our closest neighbours are NATO members so it’s in our mutual interests to work closely with them to deal with security and defence matters. This is common sense.
Even if we aren’t going to invest in the means to properly police our airspace and waters ourselves, the minimum we can do is actively monitor it so that if an interception is needed we can ask our partners to do it for us.
Instead of pulling us ever closer to NATO we should be focusing on trying to actually reach a point where we can defend our neutrality.
Maybe look to the Finnish system of reservists for defence, and focus on cybersecurity to prevent digital warfare, which is by far the greatest threat to Ireland currently.
Investing in dual-use Naval and Aerial technologies that can be used to police our seas and skies, for search and rescue, emergency response, and defence, could be an option. That shits expensive, may as well try to build it up in a way that we can use it for something when not at war.
I’m surprised we didn’t do this already. And yes I agree with the posters below, absolutely no-one thinks we are neutral, we’re seen as a small EU member with strong links to the US.
The comments in today’s Torygraph about our now permitting Royal Navy ships to patrol our coastal waters are a hoot. It’s as though this were 1975. Or 1945, even.
Never mind our bête noir, The Diehard Unionist. Diehard Everyman in the Home Counties *really* doesn’t like Ireland one bit. It’s so wacky to read, as they are (I am certain of it) just a revved up minority in GB now, but crikey they almost foam at the mouth. Our history never happened, and we will be eternally in the debt of our paternal neighbour.
The latest contortion where we seek and receive the protection of NATO while throwing fits about neutrality.
Could we just grow up a little bit and join the organisation – instead of continuing on with this jumped up hectoring everybody about “neutrality”
You reckon Russia views Ireland receiving security assistance from NATO as indicative of neutrality ?
We’ll have to wise up, Russia doesn’t care about neutrality they only see strength and weakness. We’re too small to be strong on our own, I’m not saying we have to join Nato but we will have to cooperate with our neighbours.
A army put together by ex Nazis and have acted like Nazis ever since. We don’t need our soldiers dying for those scumbags
Good news
France and the UK are the only euro countries with decent navy. Could say only the UK but on paper france looks good. So it’s them or nothing. Better late then never.
If a base goes up say on the Shannon etc the US may join also potentially under the next president if not this one. So in 10 years or so i think see ships around ireland will become common site
Ireland needs to properly invest in capabilities it needs