The enormous shindig that is being foisted on Dublin city this week, with ordinary citizens and taxpayers being held at arms length from the hoi oligoi at the National Convention is probably the most excitement the EU-crawthumpers will ever have, but it also unintentionally shone a spotlight on an aspect of the war in Ukraine that the Irish government might have preferred was kept under wraps.
At issue is whether this State – along with other European States – will force Ukrainians to go home to be conscripted into the army, and whether the same European countries who have supported the continuance of this brutal conflict are now seeking to punish those who do not wish to die on the battlefield.