"I see the fear in him even today, even after 65 years."
Phil Farrington wouldn't be any use to either army I would have thought with that sort of an attitude.

Seriously, they are desperate to get a new generation of Irish to fight their wars for them .That's what all this is about .

It should be borne in mind that Irish deserters from the Irish army during WW2 fared better than the Irish deserters from the British army in the previous world war .

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/part-one-the-truth-behind-the-irish-soldiers-shot-at-dawn-13488027.html