Letters to the Editor: Food for thought in Irish neutrality debate

One reader questions what our neutrality means, while another asks why the Irish Government accepts lesser standards of justice for its murdered citizens than the UK and US authorities do for theirs

Letter-writer John O'Brien wonders whether Ireland is neutral at all. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

The Oireachtas European Union affairs committee recently heard from Kenneth McDonagh, the head of the School of Law and Government at DCU, and Ben Tonra, professor of international relations at the UCD School of Politics and International Relations.

The two academics spoke about neutrality and security and what this actually means. What they had to say was most intriguing, and should provide introspection for all of us when it comes to the emotive subject of our neutrality.