[4] Cathal Berry, a TD for Kildare South, told the Dáil that the exercise was a potential threat to Irish sovereignty and that the armed forces had been underresourced.
[2] Pat Murphy, CEO of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, said that some members planned to peacefully disrupt the exercises.
[5] Murphy said that he assured the official that the boats would not be engaging with Russian vessels but that they would be fishing in their traditional areas and if this had an impact on the exercise it would be considered a peaceful protest.
[5] On 27 January 2022, representatives of the ISWFPO met with ambassador Yuri Filatov to express concerns about the impact of the exercises on the fishing grounds.
[7] On 29 January 2022, Simon Coveney announced in a tweet that he had received a response from the Russian Minister of Defence agreeing to his request that the exercises would be moved outside the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone.
[8][3] TASS announced that the Russian Navy corvettes Soobrazitelny and Stoikiy had left Kaliningrad to carry out "combat exercises".