In the second part of his series on Irish neutrality, Ryle Dwyer recounts how messages ‘received’ in a seance helped convince a US minister that de Valera wanted Germany to win the war, despite Ireland’s extraordinary co-operation with the Allies.

Irish neutrality, as it always has, means different things to different people.

South Korea’s Winter Olympics has focused attention on that country’s dysfunctional relationship with its northern neighbour and America’s role in that conflict.

The US government has ended sweeping neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will stress Ireland's "red line" stance on neutrality to other EU leaders today during a key post-Brexit vote meeting focussing on the migrant crisis and growing talk of an EU army, by Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Political Reporter in Bratislava.

Independent TDs plan to table a motion in the new Dáil calling for a referendum to put neutrality in the Constitution and will put pressure on the new government to ban the US military using Shannon Airport.

A government TD has contradicted senior coalition colleagues by claiming that Ireland is “not a neutral country and we never have been”.

Defence Minister Simon Coveney has insisted Ireland’s neutrality has not been compromised by joining the Nordic Battle Group — even though one of its countries is also a member of Nato (the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation).

The Green Party has warned that Irish neutrality will be compromised if the European Union implement proposals contained within a new report on European defence.

A report submitted to the Convention on the Future of Europe today has recommended sweeping changes to EU defence policy.