Poll shows extensive support for Ireland's neutrality

The result of the poll comes as talks to form a government are reported to include plans by Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin (left) and Taoiseach Simon Harris (right) to abandon the so-called Triple Lock mechanism. File photo: Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie

An overwhelming number of people say Ireland should maintain its current policy on neutrality, according to a poll commissioned by the campaigning platform Uplift.

The result of the poll comes as talks to form a government are reported to include plans by Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin and Taoiseach Simon Harris to abandon the so-called Triple Lock mechanism.