History of famine in Ireland means we must lead to ensure food is not weaponised, says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the West Cork History Festival, with Professor Breandán Mac Suibhne, Dr Charles Read and Professor Melissa Fegan. August 2022

Ireland has a “moral obligation” to ensure that food is not weaponised in the war in Ukraine, given our historic experience of famine, the Taoiseach has said.

Speaking at the West Cork History Festival in Skibbereen at the weekend, Micheál Martin said that Ireland’s history was helping to form the Government’s approach to its role with the United Nations, and also referenced the need to take action amid the “potential calamity” facing people in the horn of Africa.