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Irish politicians represent Ireland in the #EU. But #FineGael's eurobrains tell #Ireland to shut up. 😡

Dr #EoinDrea's #IrishTimes op-ed tells Ireland to #STFU about #genocide in #Gaza, #EUmilitarization, & #IrishNeutrality. Drea calis Irish policy a "hot mess of uncoordinated gibberish".

Drea says Ireland's 2026 #EUpresidency should "focus on process, not content". In other words: No policy goals for Paddy!

#FG wants Ireland to be a servant of France & Germany. #iepol

https://archive.is/AC3vl

Headline from opinion piece in the Irish Times by Eoin Drea: "Ireland’s EU presidency will underline how out of touch we are".

Strapline: "We need to leave our confused policy inconsistencies at home and focus instead on being administrative nerds"

75% of #Irishpeople support #Irishneutrality.

#CatherineConnolly's clear support for undiluted #neutrality was a big factor in her landslide victory in the #Aras25 presidential election.

Ireland's centrist media runs a propaganda barrage against neutrality. This is a rare case of 3 Irish academics being allowed in The #IrishTimes to make a pro-neutrality case: Patrick Bresnihan, Niamh Ní Bhriain, and Rory Rowan. #TheIrishTimes #iepol

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/11/16/opinion-neutrality-matters-to-irish-people-lets-stop-deriding-it/ / https://archive.is/ucgNK

Headline of the linked article in The Irish Times: "Neutrality matters to Irish people – let’s stop deriding it".

Strapline: "As the Government embraces escalating European militarisation, neutrality is being dismissed in media discussions"

This is why we benefit from having the need for UN Security Council or General Assembly consent for sending DF members out into an international military force. Remove that, and we lose a key defence against that sort of phenomenon at EU level. #IrishNeutrality #TripleLock

Get this: at the same time as breaking faith with us, they ask us to trust them as they dismantle the 1960 statutory commitment to working through the UN when it comes to sending Irish soldiers overseas with international forces. That’s a bridge I’m not buying. #IrishNeutrality #áras25

Good reminder there, thanks. On the changes CB refers to, still of current relevance - www.iiea.com/images/uploa... #EU #TripleLock #IrishNeutrality

SECURITY AND DEFENCE
The Union’s action on the international scene is guided by the principles of democracy, the rule of
law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human
dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations
Charter and international law.
The Union’s common security and defence policy is an integral part of the common foreign and
security policy and provides the Union with an operational capacity to undertake missions outside
the Union for peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in
accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter.
It does not prejudice the security and defence policy of each Member State, including Ireland, or the
obligations of any Member State.
The Treaty of Lisbon does not affect or prejudice Ireland’s traditional policy of military neutrality.
It will be for Member States – including Ireland, acting in a spirit of solidarity and without prejudice
to its traditional policy of military neutrality – to determine the nature of aid or assistance to be
provided to a Member State which is the object of a terrorist attack or the victim of armed
aggression on its territory.
Any decision to move to a common defence will require a unanimous decision of the European
Council. It would be a matter for the Member States, including Ireland, to decide, in accordance
with the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbo

“She is a person of principle. When she speaks you know that it is honest and from the heart. I think that she would make a fantastic president.” - John MacDonagh, Labour Party, Galway. #Spéirghorm #IrishNeutrality @catherinegalway.bsky.social

MD Higgins and Catherine Connolly (pushing a baby buggy) on a 2003 anti war march in Galway.

Fine Gael's group EPP: "If Europe wants to be a serious geopolitical player, it must establish a unified military headquarters designed not only to manage crises but also to fight and win in high-intensity conflicts." #EU #Militarisation #TripleLock #IrishNeutrality #Drumbeat

Example: Of the 80-plus speakers selected by the Dept to address the 2023 Consultative Forum only one publicly advocated maintaining neutrality. #speirgorm #IrishNeutrality #TripleLock

“On the global stage, the country maintains a military neutrality (which prevents it from being an official member of Nato, one of only four European countries without membership), and a preference for using diplomacy to solve conflict.” #IrishNeutrality

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #Hozier #ElectricPicnic #IrishNeutrality

Hozier praises Irish people's ...

NEW: Transcript of the discussion last Thursday on removing the #TripleLock is online at www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/d... #IrishNeutrality #EUArmy #Pressure #Lobbying

Joint Committee on Defence and...

€150 Billion euro to be paid by the public to funnel money into EU arms corporations!

The government is signing us up to 'SAFE', a European armament programme as part of 'Rearm Europe'.

No debate, no motion in the Dáil, no say for the people. Disgrace.

#NoToNATO #NoToWar #IrishNeutrality

This is a proposal to hand €150 billion of public money over to the European armaments industry.

It is a project of European militarisation that we should have nothing to do with.

#NoToNATO #IrishNeutrality #CostOfGreed
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/06/27/ireland-will-sign-up-to-eu-defence-initiative-as-bloc-moves-to-rearm/

We need the #USMilitaryOutOfShannon.

All the propaganda and rhetoric now reminds me of 2003 in the run-up to the US invasion of Iraq. We should have nothing to do with these imperialist warmongers.

We will need a mass movement on the streets to defend Irish neutrality!

#Neutrality #IrishNeutrality #HandsOffIran

The European Commission's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, has suggested that #Ireland is attached to neutrality because the Irish lack an understanding of "atrocities, mass deportations", and "suppression of culture and language."

#FinDeLaBlague

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0619/1519390-ireland-remarks-kallas/

#IrishNeutrality #EuPol @ireland

Day 1 of Peace and Climate Justice camp 🏕️ , to protest our country’s lack of action on Shannon LNG fracked gas terminal, genocide in Palestine, mining, erosion of Triple Lock and Ireland’s “neutrality”, and more. We’ll be outside the Dáil until Friday afternoon, stop by for chat, camp, eat, or attend talk or music session! #StopShannonLNG #ExtinctionRebellionIreland #XRI #ExtinctionRebellion #SaveOurSperrins #FreePalestine #SaveTheTripleLock #NoToNATO #IrishNeutrality https://pixelfed.social/p/ExtinctionRebellionIreland/841373219769599113

Day 1 of the @stopshannonlng coalition Peace and Climate Justice camp 🏕️ This camp is to protest our country’s lack of action on the key issues of Shannon LNG fracked gas terminal, the genocide in Palestine, the mining all around Ireland, the erosion of the Triple Lock and Ireland’s “neutrality”, and many more connected issues. We’ll be outside the Dáil until Friday afternoon, please stop by for a chat, camp, eat, or attend a talk or music session! Follow @stopshannonlng for updates. #StopShannonLNG #ExtinctionRebellionIreland #XRI #ExtinctionRebellion #SaveOurSperrins #FreePalestine #SaveTheTripleLock #NoToNATO #IrishNeutrality

#IrishNeutrality

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