Joe Murray: Ireland should not embrace the ‘business of bloodshed’

Just one-sixth of the global military budget would eradicate hunger from the face of the planet, writes Joe Murray

Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland: Demilitarisation and disarmament could have prevented the Ukraine conflict in the first place, however both are now required to bring it to an end. Picture: Sergei Grits/AP

ANY rational person looking at our world today would conclude two things: We have enough weapons already and we don’t need any more war.

However, one of the many disturbing aspects of the ongoing horrific war in Ukraine is that, instead of recognising the horror of war and working to end it, militarists, arms producers, and many governments are using the crisis to prepare for more war. There is little mention of demilitarisation and no mention of disarmament.