UK and Ireland hold defence talks as cooperation continues
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-and-ireland-hold-defence-talks-as-cooperation-continues/
Posted by MGC91
UK and Ireland hold defence talks as cooperation continues
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-and-ireland-hold-defence-talks-as-cooperation-continues/
Posted by MGC91
18 Comments
“Can we have N.I back please”
“No”
“Been a pleasure, have a good day.”
If they could throw some of that Apple tax windfall towards funding our defence of their airspace and territorial waters, that would be helpful.
The talks being, Ireland continues to let the UK do their defence for them.
Ireland can’t defend itself. What talks are there to be had?
The Irish love to hate all things English but they love to freeload off our air defence
It was very nice of Ireland to cooperate with us paying for everything for them. Fucking Moochers
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/03/01/plans-to-base-combat-jets-at-shannon-airport-at-annual-cost-of-100m/
Honestly if we had a Trump, we could easily take Ireland and reincorporate it back into the UK.
Edit:
Honestly?
This is the /r/ireland sub. There are pages and pages of Irish posts talking about Unification.
Unification is the removal of UK sovereign soil (Northern Island) and incorporating it into the Republic of Ireland. Exactly how different is that to Trump spouting off about Canada or Greenland? We just ignore it because the Irish have no physical means of doing it, but the will and the desire is there.
How about Irish Unification back into the UK, which is exactly what I stated. Oh wait? That’s not the same? Bullshit.
The Republic of Ireland needs to wake up to the fact if the current world order collapses and country lines are redefined based on might not right. The reunification of Ireland back into the UK would be an easy job.
So what is Ireland going to do about that? They have no armed forces. No protection. Nothing. We could dismantle their military in days.
Do you think in this day and age, that’s a sensible position to be in for Ireland?
Love how basically everyone in this thread is using the same arguments Trump uses towards Europe without a hint of self-awareness.
Hopefully we can see an Ireland and UK that is progressive and not continually based on hatred from generations past. But I just cant see an Ireland that can move on, they’ll like our support but offer none in return.
Hopefully they can prove me very wrong as we could all work very well together.
As mentioned on r/UKpolitics:
>Happy to provide cover for Ireland, and it _is_ for mutual benefit. The UK gets to keep an eye on its western flank without uproar.
>And everyone harping on about cost and freeloading. We’re sending jets over periodically, that’s it. The only cost is fuel that would have been burnt elsewhere.
how about we jointly fund a new squadron of typhoons, crewed by both brits and irish?
Going to try this again:
This is the /r/ireland sub. There are pages and pages of Irish posts talking about Unification.
Unification is the removal of UK sovereign soil (Northern Island) and incorporating it into the Republic of Ireland. Exactly how different is that to Trump spouting off about Canada or Greenland? We just ignore it because the Irish have no physical means of doing it, but the will and the desire is there. The media pushes, the campaigning etc are all to effectively take a portion of the UK.
The Republic of Ireland needs to wake up to the fact if the current world order collapses and country lines are redefined based on might not right. The reunification of Ireland back into the UK would be an easy job.
So what is Ireland going to do about that? They have no armed forces. No protection. Nothing. The UK could dismantle their military in days.
Do you think in this day and age, that’s a sensible position to be in for Ireland?
Expand QRA to joint squadrons in Ireland, as well as Lossiemouth and down south. Replace Nimrod and have 247 air patrols. Shocking how much we have ripped the piss out of the post Cold War peace dividend.
Ireland having some form of defence would be useful for both Ireland AND the UK. IIRC, they are spending 0.29% of GDP on defence..
The UK is providing literally all of the air defence and most naval defence.
Honestly what do Ireland every contribute towards defence? Apart from slagging us off at every chance they get..
With Ireland’s history of being neutral we are probably better off keeping them in a position where the UK could strategically occupy it in days.
Think Ireland and the Uk are aware of all the shortfalls , Ireland are effectively the soft underbelly of western Europe and potentially a platform for an invasion from its western coast if push came to shove with little in the way of defense there would be a “friendly” invasion from Europe ( wether it be a european coalition or uk forces) to protect European interests Sad to say but with a developing hostile world all European countries not just Ireland will need to spend more money on defence .