Darker side of Irish neutrality

The conversation on the neutrality issue within the columns of the Irish Examiner is enlightening and long overdue.

However, Irish neutrality had its darker side, and the cost to some families still endures in their memory.

While the policy of neutrality was arguably correct there are aspects of this policy which can only be described as ‘morally bankrupt’ and Minister for Defence Alan Shatter is right in one sense coming from where he is.