Mick Clifford: Neutrality requires a debate, not a slagging match

Some arguments in favour of revising Ireland's neutrality may be wrong — but suggestions that such views are driven only by a hunger for war help nobody, including the people of Ukraine

Ukrainian ambassador Larysa Gerasko (right) was joined last week by TDs from across the Dáil including Róisín Shortall, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, David Cullinane, and Neale Richmond during a protest at the Russian embassy on Orwell Rd, Dublin. Picture: Stephen Collins

Catherine Connolly is one of the more able deputies in the Dáil. The Independent Galway West TD is also highly regarded across the House for her integrity. Customarily, she cuts through the dross and rhetoric to deal with the meat of any issue. All of which made her contribution to Leaders Questions on March 10 very surprising.