Speaking on Cork's 96fm on Monday, Vicky Creber, who is in Abu Dhabi for a holiday, described the experience as “very, very surreal”. Like that was, I suppose, a very much an Irish way of dealing with this.”However, she said she was “shaking, absolutely shaking”. “I genuinely have 100% confidence in the systems here... it’s probably one of the safest places to be in the Middle East. A former Irish journalist spoke of "terrifying" missiles being intercepted over Dubai this weekend, where she is currently living. Former journalist Catriona Loughran, who is living in Dubai, said up until Saturday, it was always 'an extremely safe place'.

Source: Irish Examiner March 02, 2026 19:54 UTC