Cowen spells out stance on US war flights

I WISH to clarify a number of points raised by Edward Horgan (Irish Examiner, Oct 16) in his letter headed “Many questions over the state of Irish neutrality.”

In his letter, Mr Horgan omits a number of basic facts.

First of all, after extensive debate, the Dáil passed a resolution last March that expressly supported the government’s decision to maintain the long standing arrangements for the overflight and landing of US military aircraft.