Taoiseach accused of 'obsession' with changing Ireland's triple lock neutrality system

People Before Profit's Paul Murphy: 'Micheál Martin was telling the truth in 2013 when he said the triple lock is at the very core of our neutrality'

Paul Murphy TD: '[The Taoiseach] described the attempts to get rid of the triple lock as an out-of-touch ideological obsession by Fine Gael: That is an obsession that has now been taken on with gusto by Micheál Martin.' Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The Taoiseach has been accused of "an obsession" with changing Ireland's triple lock neutrality system.

Currently, the triple lock mechanism only allows deployment where there is a UN mandate either from the Security Council or General Assembly, Government approval, and a Dáil resolution.