Sending military personnel to Ukraine would present big challenges and could have implications for Ireland’s neutrality, say experts
Irish soldiers train in the Glen of Imaal, Co Wicklow, in preparation for deployment to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in 2023. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAstarted negotiations aimed at ending the war, effectively sidelining Ukraine and Europe. The prospects for peace are far from certain.Russia has insisted that the deployment of Nato troops in Ukraine, even if operating under a different flag, is unacceptable.
“Unfortunately the Defence Forces are in crisis at the moment through no fault of their own. It’s lack of investment,” he said. Personnel numbers were “on the floor” and “they have a lot of commitments both domestically and overseas”. The Irish Times understands that the ceasefire would have to be concluded on United Nations principles.
During the last Government the Department of Defence was instructed to prepare legislation removing the requirement here for UN approval for Irish deployments. The new Coalition Government of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael has committed to reforming the triple-lock legislation while ensuring that any charges “are in keeping with our values and policy of active military neutrality”.
Sinéad Gibney, defence spokeswoman for the Social Democrats, said the triple lock was “integral” to neutrality and a potential deployment of peacekeepers to Ukraine “emphasises the whole point and purpose of the triple lock”. Byrne said the involvement of Irish troops in Ukraine is “all entirely hypothetical” as “there is no peace to keep or no peace to enforce or maintain”.
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