Ms Maureen O'Brien:

From a UN perspective, they would plan to leave. UN headquarters, as my office, would make a plan in conjunction with the Irish Government and military for their repatriation immediately. There would be a phased withdrawal. It is also important that someone takes over. There would be a gap in UNIFIL at the time so the roles that Ireland would have played in their area of operations would have to be shared with other nations and that would take some time to settle into.

Withdrawal from a mission is one of the most dangerous times for a military.