Irish sailors were recently in the press for assisting in the rescue of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean. Actually, they were the first, tied with France, to step up years ago assisting Italy in its rescue operation, then known as Mare Nostrum.
Bet you didn’t even know Ireland had a Navy.
Irish forces in NATO two years ago pulled off a hostage rescue in the Middle East, quietly, without a lot of hubbub. When the US did the same a year later, they took video and published it on TV. I like the Irish way better. The raid was nothing to make light of. Picture playing Ring-a-Leevio in the dark, on a moonless night, with deadly consequences to the whole team for a single misstep.
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