# neutrality - Tuesday 21 June, 2022
# Podcast
# Podcast
On this week’s episode, former army officer Tom Clonan talks to Michelle Hennessy about how the European Union’s defence strategy is evolving.
# neutrality - Saturday 30 April, 2022
# Alexander Stubb
# Alexander Stubb
Alexander Stubb is a former Prime Minister of Finland and has dedicated his political career to campaign for Finnish NATO membership.
# neutrality - Friday 15 April, 2022
# Russian Invasion
# Russian Invasion
A freshly released poll shows little support for a change in Ireland’s neutral stance.
# neutrality - Saturday 9 April, 2022
# Eire 6
# Eire 6
The EIRE 6 sign was one of 83 aerial recognition signs built around the Irish coast during the Second World War.
# neutrality - Wednesday 30 March, 2022
# Neutrality
# Neutrality
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said Ireland’s neutrality has never stopped us participating in world events.
# neutrality - Monday 14 March, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The Sinn Féin leader says some people may try and use the war in Ukraine to try and shift Ireland away from its neutrality policy.
# neutrality - Sunday 13 March, 2022
# Neutrality
# Neutrality
However, he said “we don’t have time” for such a debate right now.
# neutrality - Saturday 12 March, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
As war rages in Ukraine, the question of Ireland’s place in the world as a neutral voice for peace is under the spotlight.
# neutrality - Thursday 10 March, 2022
# Micheál Martin
# Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin is in Versailles for a two-day summit of the European Council.
# neutrality - Tuesday 8 March, 2022
# Neutrality
# Neutrality
TD Richard Boyd Barrett said he was concerned about recent calls for greater cooperation with NATO.
# neutrality - Saturday 26 February, 2022
# Neutrality
# Neutrality
Cathal Berry argued that the public mood has “utterly changed” in the past 48 hours.
# neutrality - Wednesday 23 February, 2022
# Ukraine Crisis
# Ukraine Crisis
Micheál Martin said that if war does break out it would be “catastrophic”.
# neutrality - Monday 12 November, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
As EU military and defence spending skyrockets, Ireland’s commitment to defence co-operation compromises its neutrality, writes Luke Ming Flanagan, MEP
# neutrality - Tuesday 27 March, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Security expert Tom Clonan raises concerns about Ireland’s security and intelligence capacity and the strategic importance of our neutrality.
# neutrality - Thursday 7 December, 2017
# Pesco
# Pesco
The Taoiseach has said the deal will not affect Ireland’s neutrality but opposition TDs think otherwise.
# neutrality - Wednesday 13 September, 2017
# Security
# Security
Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the EU to implement plans for a common defence strategy
# neutrality - Saturday 22 July, 2017
# Irish Neutrality
# Irish Neutrality
427 applications have been approved.
# neutrality - Monday 9 January, 2017
# Miami Air
# Miami Air
The Department of Transport has contacted Miami Air about the “circumstances surrounding this flight”.
# neutrality - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Independent Alliance wants a free vote on a bill proposed by Sinn Féin.
# neutrality - Monday 15 August, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
With the news that the UK’s RAF will patrol our airspace in the event of a terror attack, can Ireland really remain a neutral country?
# Opinion
# Opinion
Security expert Tom Clonan says any decisions about our status must be taken by the Irish people in a transparent and ethical manner.
# neutrality - Wednesday 25 November, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Minister Simon Coveney must address the potential dangers involved in sending Irish soldiers to replace French forces, Ryan McCarrel writes.
# neutrality - Saturday 21 November, 2015
# Column
# Column
Ireland will be neutral until the day, unlikely and all that it is, that we require someone else’s military assistance, writes Aaron McKenna.
# neutrality - Friday 20 November, 2015
# Poll
# Poll
The government says its commitment to supporting France in the wake of last week’s terror attacks will not affect Irish neutrality.
# neutrality - Wednesday 23 September, 2015
# Neutrality
# Neutrality
One TD says Ireland is helping weapons fall into the hands of ISIS.
# neutrality - Thursday 16 July, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
If one came under attack, that is.
# neutrality - Tuesday 3 March, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
War stories can gripping, poignant, sometimes even inspiring – but surely it’s time for us as a society to embrace pacifism, writes Prof John Maguire.
# neutrality - Sunday 22 February, 2015
# War And Peace
# War And Peace
At the last election the government received a mandate based on their pledges, and one was formalising a policy of neutrality.
# neutrality - Friday 2 January, 2015
# Shatter Says No
# Shatter Says No
It was all about Ireland’s neutrality, you see.
# neutrality - Saturday 13 December, 2014
# Failte Roimh
# Failte Roimh
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Israel, Saudi Arabia, USA…
# neutrality - Friday 5 December, 2014
# QH-8073
# QH-8073
But does an explanation of “administrative error” raise more questions than it answers?
# neutrality - Thursday 2 October, 2014
# Shannonwatch
# Shannonwatch
Sinn Féin’s Pádraig Mac Lochlainn said further assurances are needed from the government that Ireland’s neutrality is not being compromised.
# neutrality - Wednesday 12 March, 2014
# Neutrality
# Neutrality
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is asking web users to press each country to develop a “digital bill of rights,” which would protect it from governments and organisations.
# neutrality - Monday 3 February, 2014
# We The People
# We The People
Where do we stand as a nation on issues like neutrality, aid and inequality? Ireland’s Foreign Policy Review allows us to have our say, writes Hans Zomer.
# neutrality - Tuesday 28 January, 2014
# Civil Disobedience
# Civil Disobedience
Margaretta, in her peaceful act of civil disobedience, was seeking to highlight our own government’s failure to uphold both Irish and international law. We should applaud her courage, writes Joe Murray.
# neutrality - Wednesday 22 January, 2014
# Your Say
# Your Say
Gerry Adams has said an EU army will eventually be created and that it would threaten Ireland’s neutrality if we were involved in its missions.
# neutrality - Tuesday 17 September, 2013
# Neutrality
# Neutrality
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.
# neutrality - Saturday 20 July, 2013
# Read Me
# Read Me
Confidential documents from the 1940s show that the maintenance of Ireland’s neutrality was going be difficult – and hard decisions on policy would have to be made practically every day.
# neutrality - Sunday 7 July, 2013
# Read Me
# Read Me
A confidential report on a meeting with Neville Chamberlain in 1940 shows the British Prime minister wanted to pass on advice to the then Taoiseach, Eamon de Valera about the threat of Germany.
# neutrality - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Ireland’s neutrality has always been an important factor in elections but is it a good thing?
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