Hardly a week passes without a new attack upon the neutrality of this state—a policy supported by the majority of the people of Ireland. It is not just an attack upon neutrality, but against the Irish people themselves. At the end of October 2025, a former senior NATO commander, Rear […]
Neutrality
Peace, Neutrality, and the Struggle for Social Justice
What is peace? What is neutrality? And what do they look like in practice? At first glance, Ireland is often described as a neutral country. We are told we are at peace. But when we dig deeper, a very different picture emerges. Ireland’s neutrality has been compromised for decades. Shannon […]
Presidential Election a Victory for Left and Progressive Forces
The outcome of the presidential election with the victory of the independent left candidateCatherine Connolly is to be strongly welcomed. Connolly captured the mood of the peoplewith her message of a new, a different “Republic”. She presented a positive vision of adifferent Ireland, an Ireland of equality, of justice and […]
The Presidential Race and Irish Neutrality
The three-way presidential race between Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin, and Heather Humphreys has helped bring the Triple Lock into the conversation. However, the media and the government candidates are at pains to ensure the issue is not conflated with abandoning Irish neutrality. Humphreys and Gavin have faced no challenge in […]
Irish Neutrality – Part of the Struggle for World Peace
The struggle for Irish sovereignty, encompassing national reunification and the defence of Irish neutrality, is more than an Irish or a regional issue. It represents a potential front in the global confrontation against a US-led imperialist bloc, spearheaded by NATO and the EU, which is preparing for war against Russia […]
NATO and the new imperialist division of labour
In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of noise about instability in the NATO military alliance. The EU is up in arms about Trump’s diplomacy with Putin and US pronouncements that they may not defend NATO allies slacking on defence spending. Tánaiste Simon Harris said “a gulf […]
The Race to End what is termed “Neutrality”
There has always been great talk in Ireland that Ireland is a neutral country. Nothing could be further from the truth. The evidence for this is based on our 900 years of occupation by British Imperialism. Non-neutrality was reinforced by the outcome of the 1922 counter-revolutionary civil war in Ireland. […]
