Ireland currently holds the European Union presidency and in that capacity is hosting a grand gathering of European governments in Dublin that is the ninth gathering of the European Political Community.
That amounts to leaders from every country in the European Union, plus all other European nations other than Russia and Belarus.
And amid all the banter and serous talk U.S, peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Irish capital to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is attending the EPC event.
Suffice it to say the security operation mounted by the host Irish government has been unprecedented.
The Irish Times reported that "a rapid-reaction security force was assembled and put in place to secure a meeting in Dublin between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the U.S. envoys on Thursday night.
"Garda and Defence Forces sniper teams, as well as anti-drone professionals, worked alongside US and Ukrainian security personnel.
The meeting, which took place at short notice at the Air Corps Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, was between Zelenskiy and US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
"Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly said 200 Garda personnel were on anti-drone duties, and had equipment capable of taking drones out of the skies. Some were diverted to Baldonnel for the US-Ukraine meeting, which was not known about in advance, while the Defence Forces also had an anti-drone capability on site."
President Zelenskyy (there are several spellings of his name used in media reports) arrived in Dublin on Wednesday night and attended the EPC meeting in the Convention Centre on Thursday.
Kushner and Witkoff flew into Baldonnel on Thursday evening, from Moscow, after a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Added the Times report: "The security operation continued after the talks at Baldonnel on US efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
"Zelenskiy flew out of Baldonnel while Kushner and Witkoff were brought across Dublin in an armed convoy before flying out of Dublin Airport on a separate plane.
"The meeting took place amid the biggest security operation ever undertaken in the Republic, for the EPC and Friday’s informal meeting of the European Council."
