The weekend saw the launch of a left-wing coalition of opposition parties who intend, they say, to fight “tooth and nail” against any effort by the ruling coalition of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to “water down” Irish neutrality by abandoning the so-called “triple lock”.
In case you have been living under a rock on this subject, the Government’s objection to the Triple Lock is that it requires a UN security council resolution before Irish troops can be deployed overseas. This effectively gives the five permanent UN security council members – the US, China, Russia, France, and the United Kingdom – a permanent individual veto over the deployment of Irish soldiers overseas.
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