Because they can't, they're both EU countries. With Russia this is as much as they can do except if a full scale war erupts.
I was in Saudi Arabia 2001-3, all hell was breaking out - 11th of September, Afghanistan, Iraq, bombings and shootouts in the Kingdom. Yet the DFA didn't budge, simply mentioning it might be a tad difficult.
Sellafield is in the UK, it might be out of our control, though does that make it safer for Ireland? Not quite. Plus Ireland continues to be a target for the loonies with our facilitating the war on a word.
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