One participant suggests that spare British forces could make intervention in Ireland possible in this counterfactual. Others raise the prospect of an insurgency and the importance of Irish volunteers serving in British forces. The discussion distinguishes Irish far-right approaches to Germany from the Irish government's position, then imagines German access to ports or U-boat facilities as a trigger for British action. Cork becomes a possible focus of that hypothetical response. The exchange remains speculative about both the decision to intervene and the consequences.
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Irish neutrality and the risks of a British intervention
The panel disagrees over whether troops freed from North Africa would make British intervention in Ireland more likely or worthwhile.