Mick Clifford: Most of us are in favour of neutrality but not sure what exactly it is

With the Consultative Forum On International Security Policy beginning at UCC, and an opposition series of meetings already underway, MICK CLIFFORD asks if we are set to put in place another 'Irish solution to an Irish problem'

President Michael D Higgins at the Aviva Stadium for the Republic of Ireland's Uefa Euro 2024 qualifier against Gibraltar. Picture: Niall Carson/PA 

Michael D’s tribe gathered at Liberty Hall in Dublin on Monday evening. A meeting of ‘pro-neutrality’ groups was taking place effectively in opposition to the government-backed Consultative Forum On International Security Policy which gets underway in UCC on Thursday.