What a very large Irish fleet would require ashore

Could Ireland operate a large mixed fleet of destroyers, frigates, amphibious ships, and submarines?

Only with far more funding, personnel, and naval infrastructure than the ship list itself reveals.

The proposed fleet immediately raises questions about where its money and people would come from. A mixed force also needs bases, maintenance, training, stores, and command support. A joke about taking over Plymouth and Portsmouth underlines the scale of established dockyard infrastructure behind a fleet of that size. The procurement lesson is compact: plans must count the shore establishment and workforce required to keep ships operational.