Foreign troops and the Soldiers of Destiny

EIGHTY years ago the Irish people fought a revolution to banish foreign soldiers from our country.

Foreign troops and the Soldiers of Destiny
Wed, 12 Feb, 2003 - 00:00

Now our leaders allow foreign soldiers with arms to use our airport.

Next we will wake up some morning and find that we are in NATO with foreign troops stationed permanently in Ireland.

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