Ireland's critical subsea infrastructure is extremely vulnerable due to under-resourcing of the Defence Forces and Irish Navy, a former TD and deputy commander of the Army Ranger Wing has warned

Opposition politicians have encouraged people to protest against proposed changes to Ireland’s system for deploying troops abroad.

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Ireland's neutrality will be "completely unaffected" by proposed changes to the triple lock, despite criticism from opposition TDs, according to a Government minister

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Taoiseach Michéal Martin said he did not want Russia, China or the United States having a veto on deployments

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They can be used to attack enemy vehicles, boats and drones.

Simon Harris said Ireland’s ‘proud tradition’ in peacekeeping cannot be held up by ‘paralysis at UN’.

In an interview with BreakingNews.ie, former TD and soldier Cathal Berry said the triple lock is "nothing to do with Ireland's policy of neutrality"

Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty told Micheál Martin such a ‘fundamental’ policy shift should be put to the Irish people in a referendum.

Leo Varadkar said he was never a fan of the triple lock and that he did not regard the concept as being part of Irish neutrality.