Abandoning the Triple Lock system would damage Ireland’s standing as a neutral country on the international stage, according to the Irish Anti-War Movement...
Abandoning the Triple Lock system would damage Ireland’s standing as a neutral country on the international stage, the Irish Anti-War Movement has claimed.
refers to a rule that no more than 12 members of the Defence Forces can be deployed overseas without permission from three bodies – Government, Dáil Éireann and the United Nations.Mr Harris said that Russia’s seat on the UN Security Council means they “have a veto” in blocking Irish peacekeeping missions.Newstalk Breakfast
“It’s tying up loose ends that have hampered this country, operationally, and has damaged our standing politically in international missions we have participated in, in recent years,” he said.IAWM co-chair Mark Price said a change to Triple Lock damages Ireland’s standing as a neutral State. “What’s damaging our standing is the proposal by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael people to rope us into European Defence Agency activities, battle groups and so on.”
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