Originally Posted by
air pig
Should Sinn Fein form the next Irish government, where does this leave the transfer of security and intelligence information from the UK and the position of the RAF who provide air defence to Ireland?
Would Sinn Fein ask for the French or Germans to provide air defence capabilities?
I suppose it depends who the threat is ... SF are not unfriendly with a large country to the East.
The Irish Times, 12 June 2015
Sinn Féin MEPs have abstained on a European Parliament resolution condemning human rights abuses in Russia.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/poli...tion-1.2246473
The Irish Times, 21 April 2002
Pressure is mounting on Sinn Fein after a report the IRA had been secretly buying weapons while publicly decommissioning. [...] In a British newspaper report, IRA chiefs are said to have bought a consignment of high powered new Russian special forces rifles in Moscow late last year.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ira-...eport-1.420781
The Irish Independent, 28 April 2019
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has accused the EU of being "overly confrontational" towards Russia and has defended voting against plans to block a Russian gas line.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-38056924.html
The Irish Independent, 23 October 2016
Sinn Féin has come under fire for refusing to sign a Dáil motion condemning Russia's involvement in the Syrian conflict which has cost thousands of innocent civilians' lives.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-35153578.html
I'm sure that if the UK intelligence services belives sharing information would be a security risk, then it won't be shared.
JAS