Threats facing all of us have changed, says British ambassador to Ireland

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The “threats facing all of us have changed”, the British ambassador to Ireland has said, as she declared London is “very happy” to partner on security issues in the Irish Sea and beyond.Kara Owen became the UK ambassador to Ireland in September, months after Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced a programme of co-operation as part of a desire to reset relations.

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00:00I think of what life was like when I started as a diplomat in the 1990s and the context that we're

00:04operating in now and the threats that we are seeing to all of us have changed and so

00:12all countries are looking again to check that they've got their security and defence

00:17in the right shape and I've that's been something I've been really struck by since arriving

00:22what the debate is the kind of Irish-Irish debate around security and defence and how

00:29clear the Taoiseach has been and the government has been about how they want to enhance defence

00:38spending and I think we're very happy to be a partner.

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