Well, three weeks ago, there was an air-raid on The Curragh by German bombers.
And, as of last week, the Irish government still refused to grant their bases to Britain.
The de Valera government has taken the position that, after centuries of British rule in Ireland, it was able to get these ports back, free of all restrictions, only in 1938 and that the Irish people will not allow their use now by any outside power.