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Lots of kind comments from our wonderful🇪🇸neighbours on my feed today. Every one of them thankful the Spanish Air Force was able to help 🇮🇪 citizens escape the conflict in Sudan.
I am confident that I speak for many people here when I say we are very grateful for this help🇪🇸❤️🇮🇪
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Ghost of Kyiv dies in battle ‘after shooting down 40 Russian aircraft’ Major Stepan Tarabalka, 29, a father of one, was killed when the MiG-29 he was flying was shot down on March 13 while fighting “overwhelming” enemy forces, according to local reports.
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Here is the massive interior of a 🇪🇸A400M.
With Range & Payload 🇮🇪 does not have access to.
This asset allowed 🇪🇸Forces to get into Sudan quickly, secure the location with personnel & vehicles, allowing 🇪🇺 nationals to be safely extracted.
PS 🇮🇪 nationals are on this flight 👏🏻
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If Sinn Fein wishes to expel the 🇮🇱 ambassador, the question must be asked why they are not raising the same concerns regarding the 🇷🇺 ambassadors position here.
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🚨Latvian MEP linked to Wallace and Daly accused of working with 🇷🇺 intelligence
Left independent MEPs travelled to Lithuania TWICE with Tatjana Ždanoka.
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In the classic movie, THE LONGEST DAY, Dubliner, Richard Todd played the role of Major John Howard, commanding the attack on Pegasus Bridge. Incredibly Todd was a Captain on that actual real life mission. His own character (Capt Todd), was played by another actor in that movie.
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A 🇷🇺 submarine which positioned itself directly outside the entrance to Cork Harbour was "chased off" by a 🇬🇧 helicopter & warship because our depleted navy doesn’t have the equipment to detect potential underwater threats.
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Let’s looks at The Beacon a little closer. Ragazza's accounts show that its income was €7.96m in 2016. It paid €245 tax in Ireland and €3,730 tax in Luxembourg. According to the Beacon's accounts, it owes Ragazza €132m.
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Contrary to Government spokespersons, the ordered C-295 is a fantastic platform BUT is NOT enough or fully adequate for a Sudan type operation.
🇪🇸 landed in Sudan with;
4x A400M
Army (ATGM Spike & snipers)
Army SOF (Force Protection)
Vehicles (essential)
Flight Nurses/Medics.
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Anatoli Prymakov,30, who has lived in 🇮🇪 for 15 years, said: “It’s very easy to call for peace when you live in safe & comfortable conditions for a very long time. Those people aren’t realistic & don’t understand that Ukrainians now don’t have a choice.”
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🇷🇺is diligently working to destabilise 🇮🇪.
A Hybrid War is taking place on Social Media & is being facilitated domestically by individuals with personal grievances.
🇷🇺is the 🌍leading exporter of instability,it’s a central pillar of Putin’s foreign policy
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Call for the resignation of Irish MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace - Sign the Petition! via
@Change
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Irish Defence Forces personnel, Kabul, Afghanistan 2008. Gathering evidence at the aftermath of a VBIED attack on an ISAF contingent. 🇮🇪 was there from 2002-2016. If you didn’t know this, that’s understandable. Much of the DF’s efforts go without stridency or recognition everyday
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Historical Cathal Brugha Barracks, is not just real estate. It’s home to Dublins EOD (‘bomb disposal’). It provides a 24hr roaming armed quick reaction force to the capital. It is home to Mil Archives, Military Police HQ, Infantry, Cavalry, Signals, Transport & School of Music
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An 🇮🇪 medics team travelled to 🇺🇦 to train its military in the skills needed to save lives when wounded fighting 🇷🇺
Cathal Berry TD (Ind), a qualified doctor & former Army Ranger Wing, is part of the ☘️ group, which has been in 🇺🇦 for the last week.
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SF sending condolences today when in 1981 he had been kidnapped by the IRA and held for seven days as part of a ransom bid.
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This has nothing to do with resources, local funding etc. These are simply bad people, knowingly doing bad things & enjoying it. These people don’t care about their community or who they terrorise. Detrimental consequences are the only means of stopping behaviour at this level.
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🚨Britain faces a “backdoor” threat to its security from a Russian, Chinese and Iranian presence in the Republic of Ireland, according to a report by an influential thinktank that accuses Dublin of “freeloading” when it comes to European defence.
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Sky News' Data & Forensics Unit analysed recent posts concerning unrest and mentioning anti-migration hashtags, finding the majority originate OUTSIDE of Ireland.
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'It was pure instinct': Brazilian Deliveroo driver tells of moment he stopped Parnell Street attacker
The 43-year-old dad of two saw the incident unfolding, got off his bike, and used his helmet to stop the attack.
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🚨 Significant rise in hostile 🇷🇺 activity in 🇮🇪
🇷🇺 have extensive networks across 🇮🇪
🇷🇺has networks of agents who live under false ID in 🇮🇪
🇷🇺 using 🇮🇪 IP addresses to mount cyberattacks & disinformation campaigns in Baltic nations
A concerning read
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We are fortunate that 🇪🇺 & NATO member neighbours 🇫🇷 & 🇪🇸 had the capabilities & kindness to lift our 🇮🇪 nationals out of 🇸🇩
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Departing Sinn Féin councillor said there was “no way she could stay in the party” as there is “no real democracy” in the organisation.
The undercurrent in the party has been toxic.
“members were being abusive & causing others to leave meetings in tears”
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Specialist Gardai tasked with the security of the state were requested to monitor the movements of a Latvian MEP, later alleged to be a 🇷🇺 spy, while she was on a trip to 🇮🇪 last year.
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At this stage the Russian Embassy mission should be asked to leave.
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The Irish Times report today that it has emerged the Coalition is considering donating heavy military equipment to 🇺🇦for the first time. Among the equipment under consideration are armoured Aardvark mine clearance vehicles used by the Defence Forces in demining operations.
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A reminder that Clare Daly & Mick Wallace, have consistently voted in favour of authoritarian regimes during their time in Brussels.
CD has also spent considerable time campaigning with another MEP who has since been identified as a 🇷🇺 ‘agent’
"The European Union as far as I'm concerned are complicit in the genocide"
@ClareDalyMEP
on the EU's response to the war in Gaza
#TonightVMTV
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@christogrozev
That’s the group that hacked the Irish Health Service (HSE) site & collapsed the entire system, holding it to random, last year
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NATO commander says 🇮🇪 must raise defence spending to stay neutral
🇮🇪now considered one of the most vulnerable nations in🇪🇺to conventional warfare &🇷🇺hybrid tactics, involving everything from disinformation campaigns to sabotage of critical infrastructure
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🧵1/5 food for thought
During WWII🇮🇪could neither economically or emotionally fight another war.
🇮🇪stayed officially neutral but discreetly helped 🇬🇧🇺🇸.
Over 100,000 people went to assist the allies.
Regardless, 🇮🇪was judged negatively during the war & that still echoes today..
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Harris confirms Government plan to abandon ‘triple lock’ for 🇮🇪 Defence Forces deployments
NO other nation has this restriction,
We should never have accepted it
‘Absurd that 🇷🇺 would effectively have veto’ on ☘️ peacekeeping deployments, Taoiseach says
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Imagine almost every nation in the 🇪🇺 (& more), being a member of NATO, yet here in 🇮🇪 where we have limited understanding of Defence matters, invest less than anyone else, knowing NATO protects us regardless, our president implies we know better..
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"🇮🇪 is like a guy who goes to the pub with his friends & never buys a round when it's his turn
Worse still, 🇮🇪is like the guy who the next morning mocks his friends for supporting the drinks industry
That's how🇮🇪 is conducting its affairs internationally."
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Does the Garda Policing Model need revising?
Dublin City has been lawless for far too long. The absence of consequences for consistently troublesome youths, combined with negative online influence, have created a problem that requires serious intervention.
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“We are a neutral country which is utterly defenceless. What sets us apart is that unlike other neutral countries, we can’t defend ourselves,”
@BerryCathal
speaking to THE TIMES UK today
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“The fact is we have civil servants running our Dept of Defence who know absolutely nothing about the military or fighting wars. They know all about Government processes and red tape. They don't have any sense of urgency about the risk against our country”
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It is absolutely absurd, that 🇮🇪, as a sovereign nation, who’s independence was gained at great cost, today cannot deploy more than 12 soldiers to any 🌎 trouble spots, without seeking consent & agreement from 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇷🇺🇨🇳
No other nation does this
This is not normal
Cathal Berry TD speaking this evening on the RTE Six One News regarding the Triple Lock.
A decision by government ratified by the Dail should suffice. Why should other nations decide when and how we deploy our own forces.
@BerryCathal
@rtenews
@RMcGreevy1301
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“Ireland can no longer regard ourselves as being immune to what’s happening in Europe.
We have European obligations, and they are all the more relevant now in the context of Russia’s threat and America’s uncertainty.”
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Fantastic & informative morning on the USS MESA VERDE. The crew are a credit to the US Navy & Marine Corps.
Super friendly hosts!
We had a fascinating tour of this amphibious transport vessel with incredible capabilities.
Big thanks to
@USEmbassyDublin
🇮🇪🇺🇸
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🇷🇺 is the biggest threat to Europe since WWII.
It is estimated that Europe/NATO has 3-5 years to prepare for further Russian aggression, targeting an Eastern 🇪🇺/NATO state.
🇺🇦is buying us time at huge cost.
Yet here we have a Sinn Fein TD appeasing & facilitating Putins aims.
A shameful display from a Sinn Féin TD at the Foreign Affairs committee today.
Suggesting to
@GeraskoLarysa
and
@ChairOlek
for Ukraine to trade land for peace is unbelievable.
Deputy Cronin clearly hasn't read or watched any credible news sources on the issue. Wasting our time.
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A 🇷🇺 spy had numerous exchanges with the MEP Clare Daly and provided her with briefing documents outlining issues she should raise when speaking publicly about his prosecution.
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The Times UK today report a network of 🇷🇺 agencies operating in 🇮🇪
The report quotes Intelligence sources who confirm networks of spies living under assumed names, using controlled tech, front companies, 💰laundering, sowing distrust in public bodies & influencing 🇮🇪 politicians
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🇮🇪 enters new agreement with NATO protecting subsea infrastructure & countering 🇷🇺 threats
New fluid agreement, replaces complex collection of protocols & will last until 2028.
It gives 🇮🇪 greater access to NATO resources, incl sensitive intelligence.
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This is why we keep communications open
The Irish Embassy in Israel has confirmed that Emily Hand is believed to have been abducted and not murdered by Hamas in the 7 October attack. Tony Connelly reports with more from Tel Aviv |
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Tragically accurate
Historically in 🇮🇪,we deal with unacceptable failings only after detrimental incidents have occurred, usually fatalities or excessive financial cost.
This is the only way we justify uncomfortable spending on systemic improvements here
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Conveniently they all managed to get Thursday off work….
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Respect to the 12 brave souls who travel with only what they can carry, but will be expected to complete the same mission as other nations providing 400 soldiers & strategic airlift capability. They carry out their task knowing well the dangers & challenges that await them..
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The Russians are playing spy games all around the Irish coast every month of the year, a top defence expert has claimed.
Ex-Army Ranger Cathal Berry TD said the discovery of a Russian sub 12 miles from Cork Harbour last week is only the tip of the iceberg
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🚨- A multitude of 🇷🇺 espionage agencies are operating in 🇮🇪
SVR
GRU
FAPSI
& possibly Unit 29155
Europe & NATO concerned with 🇮🇪 unwillingness to confront 🇷🇺 & acknowledge scale of the threat 🇷🇺 spy agencies pose & 🇮🇪inability to defend its own interests
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I’m not, nor have I ever voted FG, so I have no political bias when I say Varadkar is completely correct & accurate identifying the existence of political activists, who in plain view are consistently using disinformation in an attempt to divide society.
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This decision is wrong on so many levels. Particularly at a time when we should be reflecting on our history. Perhaps it would be better to review the security of the memorial instead of allowing the vandals achieve their goals
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Who paid for this trip & what exactly is it’s purpose?
"Europe has shot itself in both of its feet in terms of the sanctions on Russia. If they were to have a similar approach to China, the European economy would completely collapse."
@ClareDalyMEP
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“The time has come for Irish voters to take the European elections seriously and pay proper attention to the implications of their choice for the country’s wellbeing, and indeed the entire continent, at this dangerous moment in global history.”
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🇮🇪is enjoying a year packed with visiting military aircraft/vessels.
2023 revealed the RAF protect 🇮🇪sky’s & we witnessed our🇪🇺neighbours consistently go help🇮🇪people escape conflict.
The negative noise on social media isn’t real.
🇮🇪enjoys these moments,
we appreciate our friends
US Navy CMV-22 Osprey"s inbound to the Aviva Stadium Dublin this evening. Welcome and enjoy your stay in Dublin. It's great to see something different in the sky over Dublin.
@USNavy
@USAmbIreland
@IrishAirCorps
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“We do have 6 of those heli’s but 5 were unavailable & only 1 was serviceable & that was the one, the medical helicopter in Athlone.”
it was “stripped of all its medical equipment, given two machine guns and sent down to Cork and did the assault”.
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Aged well..
Russia’s mobilisation along Ukraine border is ‘clearly defensive’, Wallace and Daly say via
@IrishTimesPol
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State moves closer to purchase of €200m multi-role vessel that will be largest in navy's history.
Featuring medical facilities, a heli pad as well as other facilities to manage large-scale incidents.
Excellent report from
@NiallJournal_ie
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Your local MEP on China state media channels today, not condemning chinas treatment of Uyghur people (you won’t find a mention of them in micks feed), he’s spending his airtime condemning the 🇪🇺, The same EU that allows freedom of expression within a democratic setting, unlike 🇨🇳
"We feel the European Union hasn't had the courage to stand up to the bullying and pressure from the US."
"The US wants to drive a wedge between the EU and China to benefit America's interests, but it is not in the interests of the people of Europe."
@wallacemick
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Far left & Far Right, both undermining the rule of law and fracturing society, it may be feral thugs we see burning Dublin tonight but how we got here can be traced back to extremist language without consequences.
🇮🇪 democracy is vulnerable.
we need to be vigilant moving forward
Bus on fire on O Connell bridge. Car also in flames. Crowd just brok into Footlocker shop People seen running with armloads of clothes. Overhead Luas wire burned thru and on the ground beside statue More on
@rtenews
#dublinriot
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34 arrests last night.
Looking forward to learning who these people are, what they do in their lives & how many previous convictions they have.
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‘We weren't neutral in the Second World War, we weren't neutral in the context of our support for NATO when it was established'
He is of course entirely accurate.
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The disinfluencers: How over 150 anonymous 'Irish' accounts are swamping X with extreme views
Essential reading 🚨👇
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Ireland really needs a security clearance system in place. We are long past being an embarrassment, we are now in the realms of negligence & high risk.
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@visegrad24
A national embarrassment to the majority of Irish people. I’m confident he will not be re-elected at the next opportunity
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"We are an island nation, our seas are seven times greater than our land area. Going through those seas are a lot of really important infrastructure, communications cables that connect Ireland to the world and Europe to North America.
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Can we stop raising concerns re the No. of 🇺🇦 people 🇮🇪 is accepting. It’s nothing compared to E Europe. These are exceptional times,the responsibilities & decisions are beyond most of our comprehensions. There’s no merit in public debate, populism has no place here. Stay Focused
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🇮🇪 & 🇬🇧 ISAF personnel at an incident in Kabul, Afghan 2008.
There is a lot of noise recently about neutrality but Ireland has been sharing learnings & working with international partners both home & overseas for decades,often in dangerous locations & with little acknowledgment.
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Mick didn’t like my tweet reminding him he won’t be an MEP after the next election
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People saying heavy lift aircraft assets are pipe dreams.
Yet they are the single most important asset we don’t have access to, which hinders us retrieving our citizens in Sudan today
🇮🇪is a wealthy nation with vast experience/expertise re aircraft.
Why sell ourselves short?
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Son of 🇮🇪soldier murdered by IRA describes Sinn Féin stance on law & order as ‘galling’
David Kelly,whose father Paddy was shot dead by the IRA during kidnapping of Don Tidey,said presence of chief suspect at online party concert was a ‘gratuitous insult’
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“Ireland’s the ultimate defense freeloader” – POLTICO
🚨 A damning read
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people who defend Gaddafi should remember how he facilitated the IRA during The Troubles;
$12,655,863 cash,
1,450 AK-47’s,
180 pistols;
66 MG’s,
36 RPG’s,
10 AA missiles,
10 flame-throwers;
765 grenades;
5,800kg @ Semtex,
1,080 detonators
1.5 million rounds of ammo
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Hamas should ‘go to Ireland or deserts’ said Israel minister who has since been suspended for remarks he made about using nuclear bomb.
Concerning that 🇮🇪 should be recognised for supporting terrorism.
We might have an image problem abroad.
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Clare has absolutely ZERO knowledge of defence or how small nations have historically defeated larger aggressors.
Small nations have many options.
Primarily build a deterrence.
Secondly, share defence by joining an alliance with nations who have similar values & needs as you.
Small countries cannot defend themselves – Clare Daly
@ClareDalyMEP
shares her views on Ireland’s neutrality
#RTEUpfront
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Irish Air Corp Hurricane Mk.I’s from WWII
🇮🇪, emotionally scared & fiscally exhausted after the Civil War, Government chose to ignore Defence.
When WWII arrived, 🇮🇪 raced to rearm, however there was almost nothing to procure anywhere.
Sound familiar?
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The Defence Forces' lack of capability to shadow Russian ships off the Irish coast is “simply not good enough for a sovereign state,” according to Independent TD for Kildare South and former Army Ranger, Dr Cathal Berry.
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The flags of 🇺🇦, 🇮🇪, 🇮🇸 and 🇯🇵 were hoisted in Tallinn, 🇪🇪, on Tuesday as the four nations officially joined NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE).
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Im confused understanding a lot of argument about 🇮🇪 participation in an 🇪🇺Rapid Reaction Force. The loudest protestors seem unaware 🇮🇪 has been in an 🇪🇺 BATTLEGROUP (Nordic) since 2008. That group periodically takes up a position of readiness should it be required to deploy..
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Man charged with helping 🇷🇺 intelligence in 🇬🇧
If you think 🇮🇪 is immune to this, you’ll be in for a big surprise
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🇮🇪 has been providing training to foreign militaries for decades.
Both at home & overseas.
🇮🇪 consistently trains personnel from nations that are experiencing conflict & does so responsibly.
If you are only learning this now, you have not been watching.
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Tipperary man, Patrick Kennedy 🇮🇪 was originally a rifleman with BEF who escaped Dunkirk in a rowing boat. 1941 joined RAF, flying hurricanes across the Middle East theatre & with Indian Air Force against Japanese at Burma. Ending WWII flying P-47’s. He retired Air Commodore 1967
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“There is already strong evidence of a subversive and illegal Russian, Chinese and Iranian presence across Irish society and sensitive institutions.”
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🇮🇪has NO military radar or fighter jets & for a maritime nation,very few ships.
In percentage terms we spends less on defence than any other county in🇪🇺,even Malta & Luxembourg.
Twice as many personnel leave the Defence Forces than are recruited every year
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@mattcarthy
Are you for real Matt?
SF have spent everyday since Oct 7th destroying the argument for neutrality.
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@paulmurphy_TD
It matters little what you say here on “Twitter.”
Everyone knows you have no empathy or sympathy for🇺🇦.
You have your bitter support in this regard,
but ultimately the majority of🇮🇪supports🇺🇦.
Your hatred of NATO,🇺🇸& western society clearly trumps any effort re real morals/ethics
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Ireland waved goodbye to its world-famous welcome last year as anti-immigrant rhetoric gained foothold
Disinformation and fear-mongering around immigration have seeped into public consciousness on a scale like never before
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Don’t let anyone tell you this nation is a “kip”, those saying this consistently are not hungry.
Global Food Security Index 2021
Top 10 Countries
Ireland🇮🇪 🥇
Austria🇦🇹 🥈
UK🇬🇧 🥉
Finland🇫🇮
Switzerland🇨🇭
Netherlands🇳🇱
Canada🇨🇦
Japan🇯🇵
France🇫🇷
USA🇺🇸
@TheEconomist
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It is a striking paradox that often the people most inclined to wave their national flag are also those most prone to disrespecting their country.
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Ireland's security freeloading is a threat to the West | The Spectator
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Proud Irishman, Group Captain, John Hemingway has a remarkable history. Not without incident, he fought through the Battle of France, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, D-Day & Invasion of Italy. John is 102 now & living in S.Dublin. Sadly the last of the few but a Legend & Hero to many
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🇮🇪troops have started training🇺🇦forces in bomb disposal & demining, the DF chief-of-staff said today.
The training is part of 🇪🇺Military Assistance Mission Ukraine,where🇺🇦forces receive military training from member states to aid in repelling the🇷🇺invasion
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Chay Bowes, until recently associated with The Ditch, supporter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine & regular visitor to Moscow now RT “correspondent”
🇮🇪has a worrying amount of commentators which are associated with Autocracies, ranging from social commentators to TD’s & MEP’s..
ICYMI: Pentagon Investigates Major Leak Of 'Classified Documents'
Washington is alarmed after a new trove of secret US national security documents relating to Ukraine, China & the Middle East appeared online.
RT correspondent Chay Bowes is in the studio to explain the events.
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British & Irish soldiers working together, manning the perimeter of a post IED strike on an ISAF convoy, Kabul, summer 2008. Irish Defence Forces WIT teams provided a crucial & specialised support to ISAF, often in challenging and dangerous conditions.
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@MaryLouMcDonald
Lots of bad visuals coming out from some young people there last night. A car being driven to the street erratically with someone standing on its roof just one example. It was obvious there were many trouble makers present… people are tired of lawlessness in Dublin Mary
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We may see ourselves as neutral but 🇷🇺 now regards us as an enemy
🇮🇪 was one of 21 embassies targeted by 🇷🇺 intelligence hackers in Kyiv
🇮🇪is no longer peripheral.
The State will need to co-operate with others in defending critical infrastructure here.
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Love this, Paul hasn’t taken the time to examine irelands territorial waters. He thinks Ireland stops at the shoreline. This is the man telling us how we should do defence & neutrality. He doesn’t even know basic geography..
Apparently Ireland is the same size as Germany.
Thank God we have these foreign policy experts to educate us on geography and the need for militarisation.
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Damning 🧵
Evidence might suggest the three had a remarkable relationship, closer than initially assumed.
In November 2021, Daly and Wallace travelled to Lithuania and took part in a rally in support of Paleckis, with Paleckis and Ždanoka.
Ždanoka, Daly, and Wallace addressed the small rally, and Daly promised to raise awareness in Ireland and in the European Parliament.
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“We spend less than 0.3 per cent of our budget on defence, the lowest by far in the EU, yet wallow in the notion that our neutrality confers on us some sort of moral superiority over those who are actually protecting us.”
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Irish Defence Forces, WIT members carrying out their specialised tasking at the location of a VBIED attack on a NATO convoy. Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, August 11th, 2008. The DF regularly carry out dangerous work in challenging conditions, without fanfare or public knowledge.
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