President Higgins Is Right – Ireland Should Defend its Neutrality
Today’s slanted ‘Security Forum’ is the latest in a long-running effort to water down Ireland’s historic neutrality – it must be opposed by anyone committed to peace and diplomacy.
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Paulie Doyle is a writer based in Dublin.
Today’s slanted ‘Security Forum’ is the latest in a long-running effort to water down Ireland’s historic neutrality – it must be opposed by anyone committed to peace and diplomacy.
Sinn Féin’s victory in the recent Assembly elections is the first time a nationalist party has been the largest in Northern Ireland – and as unionism disintegrates, a unity referendum looks more likely than ever.
Since its independence, Ireland has maintained a decades-long tradition of neutrality – but now its commentariat has decided that the country needs to ‘grow up’ and learn to love NATO’s war machine.
Just days after imposing new lockdown restrictions, a circle of elite politicians in Ireland attended a golf dinner which brazenly flouted them. Their attitude was simple: rules only apply to the common people.