'False sense of security': Warning that Ireland will be affected too if Donald Trump undermines Nato

US president-elect Donald Trump. File Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Ireland “still has a very false sense of security” and any undermining of the Nato military alliance by the incoming Trump presidency will have an impact on neutral Ireland, a senior European policy expert has said.

Brigid Laffan, Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute, said that Ireland’s geographic location on the edge of Europe no longer protects against the activities of states hostile to Europe.