Ireland's Response to the Ukraine Crisis

The Irish Passport

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🗓️ 27 March 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Since our last episode, Europe’s political landscape has been transformed – and that of Ireland along with it. Naomi lays out the facts about Ireland’s unique position in the international response to the Ukraine crisis. We find out why debates about military neutrality and NATO membership might once again be coming to the fore, and discuss why Ukraine’s president gave Ireland a less-than-glowing appraisal when it came to supporting his country. We also check back in with Nadia Dobrianska, whose life has been turned upside down in the weeks since the Russian invasion. Now safe in Co. Cork, she tells us what it was like to suddenly flee her home city of Kyiv, and how she managed to make it back to Ireland. This episode is our Season 5 finale. We’ll be back in a few weeks with plenty more topics about Irish culture, history, and politics in a brand new Season 6! If you want to hear more Irish Passport content and help support the show along the way, you can sign up to our Patreon account at www.patreon.com/theirishpassport. We'll shortly publish a bonus episode featuring more of Nadia's story. ou can follow us on Twitter at @PassportIrish and Nadia at @NadiaDobryanska

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.5	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
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0:37.7	Hello and welcome back to the Irish Passport podcast.
0:38.7	Hi everybody.
0:44.6	Now, Naomi, for over a month, headlines all over Europe have been dominated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
0:52.3	And as Europe correspondent for the Irish Times, you have been right in the thick of the political reaction to this current crisis in the European Union.
0:55.5	Within weeks, the political landscape of Europe has been completely transformed and that of Ireland along with it. So today, I'm going to pick your
1:00.7	brain about Ireland's role as an EU member state in this moment of instability and about how
1:06.3	its position fits into the international reaction to the war. Right. Ireland's position is really a fascinating one and it's quite unique. It ranges from its early move to welcome refugees and support of Ukraine's membership to the EU, to then of course its finely balanced position regarding military support due to Ireland's traditional
1:28.5	policy of neutrality. Neutrality, right. So regular listeners will know, of course, that this
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