Umfrage der Irish Times: Breite Unterstützung für die Gewährleistung der Neutralität durch die Verfassung
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/02/07/irish-times-poll-wide-support-for-insertion-of-neutrality-into-constitution/
Von Fealocht
Umfrage der Irish Times: Breite Unterstützung für die Gewährleistung der Neutralität durch die Verfassung
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/02/07/irish-times-poll-wide-support-for-insertion-of-neutrality-into-constitution/
Von Fealocht
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Since its behind a paywall:
Neutrality in constitution: 71% agree, 18% disagree, 11% dont know
Triple Lock: 45% keep, 35% remove, 21% dont know
Ireland should take more responsibility for our own defence: 85% agree, 8% disagree, 8% dont know
So, on the one hand, we’re the most enthusiastic members of the EU, but on the other, we don’t think our fellow members or the institution are worth defending. Thank, EU, we’ll take whatever you’re offering, but we’re to peaceful to help defend you when the Russians come over the Estonian border. 🤮
Can someone explain something to me re: the triple lock.
To deploy the defence forces we need 1)Government approval, (2) Dáil approval & (3) a UN resolution.
If we remove the triple lock, presumably by getting rid of the need for a UN resolution, what would be the nature of the subsequent peacekeeping missions? Have we participated in non-UN peacekeeping before? Would we be replacing the need for UN approval with approval from another body, like the EU or just playing it by ear?
We’re not neutral though. We let the USA use our airports for military reasons
These polls are not much use at the moment, there hasn’t been a proper debate about what our position should be as regards defence. Even without that proper debate there has clearly been a big swing in the past few years.
We haven’t had that debate because the hard-left keep shouting down any attempt to have one with spurious cries about „militarism“, and the Government has buried its head in the sand on the issue. It’s quite a failure from our political class that we’re being forced into talking about this at all only because people are getting quite rightly worried about the state of the world.
What was the. question?
If it was *Do you support neutrality?* then most would say yes.
If it was *Should Ireland stay neutral if an EU member is attacked?* then most would say no.
Are polls are useless? 72% of people polled said yes.
It’s good to see a poll where it appears to be accurate based on the opinions of real Irish people
Meaningless poll without a proposed wording to insert into the constitution.
We should have learnt by now anyway that constitutional provisions / referendums are a poor way to deal with political issues. passing a question out of the hands of elected representatives and into the hands of judges doesn’t improve anything.
How can people know if they dont know definition of neutrality.
For neutrality to be in the constitution it will need a clear and written definition, which most people on this island can’t give because no one can agree what neutrality means or how it should be implemented. They just like how neutrality sounds. This is a non starter.
I’m a pacifist by nature, and I don’t want any Irish people dying in foreign wars unless absolutely necessary and with the full support of the Irish people, but not having full control of our military within the country is insane.