Government must restore Irish sovereignty by removing triple lock on peacekeepers, says health minister

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill highlighted how no peacekeeping missions have been sanctioned since 2014

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said Ireland took away its own sovereignty by introducing the triple lock mechanism in 2001, as she delivered the annual Michael Collins oration at Béal na Bláth in Cork. Copyright: 1IMAGE Photography/Bryan Brophy/1Image

The Government “must” remove the triple lock as part of a bid to restore sovereign decision making, the health minister has said.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said Ireland took away its own sovereignty by introducing the triple lock mechanism in 2001, as she delivered the annual Michael Collins oration at Béal na Bláth in Cork.