Time to end neutrality hypocrisy

WHEN will the Irish Government end the hypocrisy of promoting global peace while, at the same time, supporting companies that export over €1 billion worth of weapons-use material every year?

Not only is this policy two-faced policy, it flies in the face of UN efforts to end to the wars which claim the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people, and makes a mockery of Ireland’s much vaunted status of neutrality.

It is unacceptable that because of Ireland’s lax laws, companies can set up here, avail of the nation’s industrial support systems, and engage in the manufacture of products, including computer software programmes, which are then used on the battle field.