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Freeloaders who want something for nothing. What a contemptible attitude.
Let's be honest, the only country that has ever posed a real threat to Ireland in history is the UK. There would have been an attitude of not wanting to spend billions on something that was of no real benefit to us (we had a pretty good relationship with the Soviet Union bizarrely, Aeroflot kept thousands of people in jobs directly and indirectly). An open wound which thankfully has healed a tremendous amount over the last 25 years or so thankfully.
Don't forget we were effectively poverty stricken until the 90s. Didn't have the money to begin with. Now is a different story and momentum is changing. That new defense proposal recommends tripling the budget immediately, and ploughing money into the Navy and Air Corps.