The BBC News UK is probably hoping the Irish government will engage in a vendetta against this 92 year old vet. The BBC can thereby generate more “news” at his expense.
The Irish had quite a few people during World War 2 that sympathized with the Nazis. It would not surprise me there may be people in power who want to visit revenge against an old Irish vet who fought with the Brits against the Germans.
A lot of Irish-Americans sympathized with the Nazis, including the Patriarch of the most evil political family this country has ever produced.