Cormac O'Keeffe: Irish neutrality in the spotlight as reality of war laid bare

In Ireland, military neutrality is not in our Constitution, nor in any legislation. It is a policy, albeit a long-standing one, writes Cormac O'Keeffe

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said in the Dáil that it was important to formally record solidarity with Ukraine.

As the Dáil debated a motion supporting the right of Ukraine to exist, Putin’s Russia stepped up a gear in dismantling it.

Military experts predict that with the use of cruise missiles, as seen in Ukraine’s second-biggest city, allegations of cluster bombs being deployed, and fears of an all-out assault on Kyiv, the destruction and death will mount.