The Irish deal smells kind of funny. The French went bughouse when the Sikorsky folks beat them on price (court papers are said to show millions lower S-92 total price), and also beat them on technical capability. They panicked at the thought of losing in Ireland after losing in Austria to the Blackhawk. Rumor has it they are also sweating the Canada helicopter program, where they told the Canadians that they were all wrong with the tender, which couldn't be met by the Super Puma. When all else fails, blamez le customer.
The Irish business deal about jobs was tossed to the press by the Eurocopter guys, who forgot to mention that they had also offered, in writing, to match the US deal, pound for pound!
The real loser is the Air Corps, who were sued by a losing supplier, as if you could be sued by a vegatable stand if you walked away without buying their fruit. It takes balls to do that and get away with it. Too bad their lawyers are better than their helicopters.