As an Irish person, I find this violation of my country's sovereignty disgraceful. It's bad enough that GCHQ has violated our communications systems for decades

As an Irish person, I find this violation of my country's sovereignty disgraceful. It's bad enough that GCHQ has violated our communications systems for decades (and the NSA no doubt also) but now the US is trying to do this through legal methods? Our forefathers didn't fight for the right to hold our own courts so that we could be bullied by another large country (this time US not Britain). Only when the Irish people have voted in referendums to release sovereignty (like during EU Treaties involving European Courts) should this ever be allowed. If any of our politicians had a backbone they should come out and say that US Laws have the same power in Irish Courts as those of a Golf Club - absolutely nothing...If the US wants the data it should go the normal route and through various inter-government treaties...Unfortunately the words spine and Irish politician don't go in the same sentence. Lets just see what happens when a Chinese or Russian company does the same to data stored in the USA.