The Taoiseach has said opposing a €90 billion EU loan for Ukraine would amount to backing the country’s surrender to Russian aggression. It comes after Sinn Féin opposed the EU loan to Ukraine, which includes €60 billion in military funding. At the weekend, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said two Sinn Féin MEPs voted against it because “we also know that spending tens of billions more of taxpayers’ money on more and more weaponry is not the way to resolve this conflict”. I think that the happiest person in the world, if the Sinn Féin policy was to be adopted, would be President Putin. “Sinn Féin supports sustained humanitarian, financial and political assistance to Ukraine, including support for reconstruction and the protection of vital public infrastructure and services.”

Source: Irish Examiner February 25, 2026 13:22 UTC