Both videos are ostensibly about what the Russians could do to the United Kingdom, their hated NATO enemy. Ireland is just collateral damage.
The most recent polls indicate that 2/3s of voters still support neutrality
One of Sinn Féin’s biggest critiques of the Irish government is that parties like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are not serious about military neutrality. In the run-up to the 2019 local election, Sinn Féin urged the public to “defend neutrality” by voting for them “because others can’t be trusted.” They added that “you can’t […]
The real debate in Ireland then is not between “neutrality” on the one hand and “NATO” on the other: it is about what the word “neutrality” means
“These sanctions may backfire, and it could very well be us that end up revolting against our leaders”
Catherine Connolly TD has hit out at politicians taking aim at Irish neutrality, saying they want Ireland to be a voice for “war and death.” The comments were made this week during Leaders’ Questions, amid the ongoing debate around Irish neutrality. “My question relates to our neutrality,” said Connolly. “APPALLED AND WORRIED” “I refer to […]
You know that our country is in a bad position when we’re in the midst of a major crisis, and the people in charge think that key words mean the precise opposite of what they actually mean. This week, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Simon Coveney decided to tell the Dáil […]
Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the push to end Irish neutrality is now in full swing, with the government dragging the public kicking and screaming towards yet another woefully unpopular policy change. They did it with raising our corporate tax rate (which the public opposed). They did it with carbon tax (which the public opposed). And […]
According to the UN, over a million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded, as Ireland prepares to accept an undefined amount. According to the United Nation’s refugee agency, over a million Ukrainians have fled to date, and they believe that number could rise to 4 million in the coming weeks. Asked this week how […]
The truth is that from a purely nationalist perspective, the calculations do not change much whether an aggressor considers us neutral or not
Numerous government politicians have called for Ireland to ditch its historic policy of neutrality, with one going so far as to say “neutrality is outdated.” The comments come amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, with both Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Defence Minister Simon Coveney saying that Ireland “is not neutral” on the issue. Additionally, […]
Because ultimately, neutrality is only useful until a better opportunity for a bit of moral preening comes along.