[beezlewax]

Except the Irish army has conducted large numbers of peacekeeping missions as part of the United Nations. Irish soldiers have died in said operations. The Siege at Jadotville is one example - there is a pretty great film about this.

[TulliusCicero]

That's laudable, but it doesn't change the fact that they rely on their European neighbors to defend them while feigning "neutrality" and wouldn't return the favor if another, say, EU country were seriously attacked.

[spwa4]

Like preventing the Hezbollah attack on Israel for example. And yes, an Irish soldier died. Pte Rooney.

I hope the other missions went better ...

Btw: Lebanon convicted someone to a death sentence over this killing. He wasn't in court however and the conviction remains without any actual consequence for the killer, he hasn't ever been arrested. The Irish government had no reaction, other than hiding that this happened, and that nobody was actually punished is not well known in Ireland.

[nradov]

The Irish were idiots for sending peacekeepers there without adequate air, armor, and artillery support.