Ireland has been neutral in international relations since the 1930s. The nature of Irish neutrality has varied over time, and has been contested since the 1970s. In 2012, the Oireachtas established a joint committee to review petitions submitted by the public on the matter. An early petition sought clarification of government policy in relation to the use of Irish airspace by foreign military aircraft. In 2013–16 the committee held discussions with the petitioners, government members, the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and academics, and issued a rep…
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No, and it should spearhead the change of military usage and move for a global halt of all military and arms spending, making it internationally illegal to have arms and an army, with structures in place for effective worldwide punishment (sanctions, withdrawal of resources, etc.)
I strongly disagree with this argument.I am not explicitly pro war, but do believe that there are and always will be cases where use of military force is necessary and must be legal,eg. counter terrorisim, defence against the attack of rouge states, hostage rescue, humanitarian intervention, and emergency law enforcement in cases of extreme national emergency.if all governments are unarmed, what defence will they have against terror faction which will inevitably create or retain weapons, and will not be affected by economic pressure?Also,if a fairly powerful country were to violate this, and… Read more
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I believe that Ireland is semi neutral when it comes to military neutrality. As a country, Ireland protects itself by remaining neutral from being attacked by countries with high military capabilities. However, the US army does fuel its military planes in Shannon airport. So I do think in allowing this, Ireland automatically sides with the US on who they support in wars
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Ireland should continuously analyse the current & potential future risk posed to it by international bad actors (eg Russia) as this changes over time. At the same Ireland should ensure it's current military resources are sufficient to meet all current & future risks for both self-defence and any missions with the EU or UN
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