An Englishman, Irishman and a Scotsman apply to join MI6

The Englishman comes in for his interview and it goes really well, he has a glowing record in the Army and is a perfect fit for the job.
At the end the interviewer asks him "Who do you love more, your country or your wife?"
The Englishman replies "My country of course!"
"OK" says the interviewer, "go through to the next room and shoot your wife" and he hands the Englishman a 9mm pistol.
The Englishman takes the pistol and walks through to the next room, lo and behold is wife is there sitting at a table.
He thinks back to all the years he has been married, how she has stuck with him through thick and thin throughout his military career. He goes back to the interviewer and hands over the gun, "I cannot do it, I love her too much".
The Scotsman comes in for his interview and it goes brilliantly, he has an amazing record in the Navy and is a perfect fit for the job.
At the end the interviewer asks him "Who do you love more, your country or your wife?"
The Scotsman replies "My country of course!"
"OK" says the interviewer, "go through to the next room and shoot your wife" and he hands the Scotsman a 9mm pistol.
The Scotsman takes the pistol and walks through to the next room, lo and behold is wife is there sitting at a table.
He thinks back to all the years she has stuck by him, on long deployments in the Navy, she has always been there for him when he returns. He goes back to the interviewer and hands over the gun, "I cannot do it, I love her too much".
The Englishman and the Scotsman are in the waiting room and they see the Irishman go in for his interview. After a while they suddenly hear loud noises:
BANG! BANG! BANG!
a pause and then:
THUD! THUD! THUD! ... THUD!
A few seconds later the Irishman staggers out of the interview room covered in blood.
The Englishman ans Scotsman shout at him "WHAT HAPPENED?!"
The Irishman replies "Some idiot put blanks in the gun, so I beat her to death with the chair."