Would you not just take the ambassador out instead of risking more Irish life’s? Having an Irish ambassador in a wat torn country is dangerous.
Sounds like an excuse to send over Irish troops while still claiming to be ‘neutral’
Genuinely curious, would anyone have insight into what the laws are like in Ireland and other European countries regarding having an armed foreign entourage with you? Would, for example, Turkish ambassador in Dublin have armed bodyguards, for fear of being attacked by a Kurdish assassin? Or would they typically be assigned someone by the gardai? Is this something that diplomats get special dispensation for but would be illegal for anyone else?
That’s just (delayed) over-interpretation of the law by bored civil servants though, ruining everything. The precedent was available but noooo, they had to be difficult.
>The deployment of the team is not expected to trigger the Triple Lock, which requires Government and Dáil approval, along with a United Nations mandate, before troops can be deployed. The Triple Lock only applies to contingents of 12 troops or more and the close protection team will likely be smaller than this.
As an aside, the fact that the Triple Lock remains in place – giving Russia a veto over our troop deployments – demonstrates how spineless this current government is.
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Do they need protection? Sure every man and his dog is going over for the craic.
I even saw David McWilliams is over in Kiev wandering around not a bother on him.
I assume there bus disappeared from the transport for Ireland app
[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/13/ukraine-us-war-russia-john-pilger](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/13/ukraine-us-war-russia-john-pilger)
Would you not just take the ambassador out instead of risking more Irish life’s? Having an Irish ambassador in a wat torn country is dangerous.
Sounds like an excuse to send over Irish troops while still claiming to be ‘neutral’
Genuinely curious, would anyone have insight into what the laws are like in Ireland and other European countries regarding having an armed foreign entourage with you? Would, for example, Turkish ambassador in Dublin have armed bodyguards, for fear of being attacked by a Kurdish assassin? Or would they typically be assigned someone by the gardai? Is this something that diplomats get special dispensation for but would be illegal for anyone else?
That’s just (delayed) over-interpretation of the law by bored civil servants though, ruining everything. The precedent was available but noooo, they had to be difficult.
>The deployment of the team is not expected to trigger the Triple Lock, which requires Government and Dáil approval, along with a United Nations mandate, before troops can be deployed. The Triple Lock only applies to contingents of 12 troops or more and the close protection team will likely be smaller than this.
As an aside, the fact that the Triple Lock remains in place – giving Russia a veto over our troop deployments – demonstrates how spineless this current government is.