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# irish neutrality

This year
2023
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Tom Clonan: Joining NATO doesn't benefit Ireland, but that doesn't excuse poor defence spending
The security analyst looks ahead to the government’s Consultative Forums on Neutrality and outlines why our position of military neutrality really matters.
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Jun 19th 2023, 11:19 AM
# Jackboot
Martin to Murphy: 'I shudder to think of the day where you might be in authority'
An Tánaiste criticised Paul Murphy and the opposition for their response to the forum which he called a “sickening form of politics”.
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Jun 15th 2023, 5:06 PM
# irish neutrality
Tánaiste questions Triple Lock and calls for greater NATO links in major defence policy speech
The opposition have criticised the use of a consultation forum rather than a citizens’ assembly.
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May 18th 2023, 5:21 PM
Last year
2022
Voices
Opinion: It's time to admit that Ireland is not neutral, nor should it be
Rory Fitzgerald says we need to get real in the debate around Irish neutrality in the face of Russian aggression in Europe.
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May 12th 2022, 3:31 PM
# russian invasion
EU Commissioner McGuinness calls for ‘mature’ debate on Irish neutrality
A freshly released poll shows little support for a change in Ireland’s neutral stance.
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Apr 15th 2022, 12:40 PM
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Malcolm Byrne: We need a TV leaders' debate on Ireland's foreign policy
The Fianna Fáil senator says war in Ukraine has shown how international events truly affect us here and it’s time party leaders debated the issues.
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Mar 22nd 2022, 7:00 PM
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Bobby McDonagh: There's no need for self-righteousness or self-flagellation over our neutrality
The former ambassador says events in Ukraine bring to light the need for wider discussion around Ireland’s neutrality.
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Mar 19th 2022, 7:00 PM
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Column: The small Wexford village forever affected by the deaths of three young women during WWII
Amy Bracken looks at the bombing of Campile on 26 August 1940, one of the less-remembered bombings of Éire during the Second World War.
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Aug 28th 2018, 7:00 AM
# irish neutrality
Ireland has refused 19 applications to carry weapons through Ireland this year
427 applications have been approved.
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Jul 22nd 2017, 4:00 PM
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Opinion: 'The Neutrality Bill would exclude Ireland from being an active supporter of perpetual war'
A clear and decisive majority of Irish people are in favour of enshrining neutrality in our Constitution, writes Roger Cole.
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Nov 21st 2016, 7:00 AM
# triple lock
How should Ireland decide whether to send troops abroad?
Questions have been raised over the triple-lock system in the Dáil recently.
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Nov 22nd 2014, 4:30 PM
# Shannonwatch
TDs and Senators visited Shannon Airport today - to see if the US military should still be there
Sinn Féin’s Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said further assurances are needed from the government that Ireland’s neutrality is not being compromised.
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Oct 2nd 2014, 9:05 PM
# Neutrality
Almost 80 per cent against Irish support for war in Syria
The Red C poll commissioned by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance found almost 80 per cent reject Irish support for a war in Syria without a UN mandate.
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Sep 17th 2013, 2:58 PM
# Shannon Airport
'Legal violations' caused by US military and CIA use of Shannon Airport outlined in new booklet
Irish peace groups have outlined the “aviation, human rights, and international humanitarian law” which are being violated by the use of the airport by foreign military.
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Oct 12th 2012, 9:28 AM