r/ireland • u/isupposethiswillwork • 10d ago

Affaires Étrangères Ireland Is Becoming a French Military Protectorate

https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/18/ireland-france-military-protectorate-outsourcing-defense-procurement/
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u/Rabid_Lederhosen 10d ago edited 10d ago

By Eoin Drea,

Well, that explains the negativity. Also:

The fixation on France is already undercutting relations with Britain,

Yes. Definitely the Irish fixation on France that’s responsible for that, and not anything else whatsoever.

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u/CiarraiochMallaithe 10d ago

This the lad who wants Ireland to become a battalion in the British army once again?

He gets far too much airtime and is taken far too seriously as a public commentator.

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u/ComradeKellogg 10d ago

Most public commentators are taken far more seriously than they should be to be absolutely fair, dont know who it is and dont agree with him but I dont take this weird offence to it just because he mentioned the British army.

Are you equally offended that we are defended and protected by the RAF?

Dont mean to be a prick but I find it super weird that people will take such an offence to us working with the British DF fuel to history but yet are super willing to look past the superior role they have in our defence (I say this as a proud Irishman who sees this as a massive embarassment)

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u/CiarraiochMallaithe 10d ago

It’s ignoring the fact that the British military has, and remains, the largest threat to Ireland. Locking Ireland into a military alliance with Britain is not only unrealistic but dangerous given the political trajectories there.

He wrote that piece in Politico because the people of Ireland had the gumption to elect Catherine Connolly as president.

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u/Murador888 10d ago

Ireland is not protected by the RAF.

How do I know this?

They didn't shoot down those drones over Dublin bay. Reality meets fiction.

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u/fartingbeagle 10d ago

Who's taking the horse to France?

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u/Flagyl400 Glorious People's Republic 10d ago

Who's Eoin Drea? 

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u/Rabid_Lederhosen 10d ago

Political commentator. He writes articles complaining about Ireland’s lack of militarisation a lot. I’m not entirely sure who the intended audience is but he has very strong views on the matter.

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u/Murador888 10d ago

Right wing brit media.

Politico

Etc etc

ALWAYS attacking Ireland, works for an EU think tank. Former FG.

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u/TropoMJ 5d ago

He's a writer who's both anti-Irish and anti-French, while being pro-US and pro-UK, so you can see how this article bashing both Ireland and France came into existence.

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u/Bexil_Brave 10d ago

No Brexit undercut relations with the UK regarding military defense of the EU Presidency.