A guard stands at the border with Russia near Karsava, Latvia. Photograph: Gints Ivuskans/AFP via Getty Images Ireland is having an “esoteric” debate about ending the triple-lock on sending Irish soldiers abroad while other European Union states fear invasion by Russia, former Green Party MEP Ciarán Cuffe has declared. [ ‘Hands off Ireland’s neutrality’: Government warned changes to triple-lock system will be foughtOpens in new window ] The “visceral fear” felt by Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania that Russian leader Vladmir Putin could order the invasion of their countries is “almost impossible to understand” for an Irish audience, he said. Speaking...