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SUMMARY:CANCELLED GALWAY DEMO: Protect Irelands Neutrality/ Keep the Triple Lock
DESCRIPTION:This demo has been cancelled as the City council is not meeting this day. \nWe hope the motion to Keep the Triple Lock will now be heard at the November meeting. \n==================================================================== \nJoin us outside Galway City Hall Council offices\, College Road\, Galway City \nDemand the Councillors pass the motion on the Triple Lock to be tabled at the Galway City Council meeting. \nSupport Irish Neutrality!
URL:http://keepirelandneutral.ie/event/protect-irelands-neutrality-by-keeping-the-triple-lock/
LOCATION:Galway City Hall Council offices\, College Road\, Galway City\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:Neutrality Roadshow - Thurles\, Co. Tipperary
DESCRIPTION:The Neutrality Roadshow Comes to Thurles \nA public meeting on the future of Irish neutrality will take place at Hayes Hotel\, Liberty Square\, Thurles\, on Monday\, 20 October 2025\, at 7.30pm as part of The Neutrality Roadshow. \nThe event will feature Niamh Ní Bhriain and Fionn Wallace\, who will speak about the importance of preserving Ireland’s neutrality and the Triple Lock system — which requires UN\, Government\, and Dáil approval before Irish troops can be sent overseas. \nOrganisers from Neutrality Now! say it’s vital for communities to engage in this national conversation as Ireland’s independent foreign policy faces new pressures. \nAll are welcome to attend and take part in an open discussion on Ireland’s role in promoting peace and diplomacy. \nKeep Ireland Neutral – Keep the Triple Lock!
URL:http://keepirelandneutral.ie/event/neutrality-roadshow-thurles-co-tipperary/
LOCATION:Hayes Hotel\, Liberty Square\, Thurles\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:UN CHARTER - 80th ANNIVERSARY 2025
DESCRIPTION:Eighty years ago\, on 24 October 1945\, the United Nations Charter officially came into effect. The Charter acknowledges that “it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations” to avoid a repeat of the mass atrocities and genocide horrifically perpetrated during the Second World War. The UN is celebrating this 80th anniversary marking the people’s victory in the global struggle against fascism\, which ushered in an era of hope for advances for self determination and human rights with a push to end colonial occupation and domination worldwide. \nFrom an early stage the United Nations came under intense pressure when the big powers formed rival military alliances and blocs to try to bypass its peacemaking vision and principles. Less powerful nations\, such as Ireland\, persevered and prevailed in the face of this. Examples include our Foreign Affairs Minister\, Frank Aiken and his positive role for peace in the UN in the 1950s. His contribution helped the creation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty for realising the goal of nuclear disarmament. \nDespite this type of success the pressure from the continuing bigger power rivalry played its part in tearing the fabric of the Charter apart. Here in Ireland our government has more and more succumbed to this pressure.  Their intention to do away with the UN element of our Triple Lock shows how open they are for us to participate in one of the overseas adventures of the US dominated NATO\, which has been shown to regularly act in breach of the principles of the UN Charter and international law. \nContrary to any logic the Government spokespeople are saying that our Neutrality will not be affected by this . They make statements that ‘we are neutral militarily but we are not politically neutral’. This contradicts the wise adage that ‘war is politics by other means’\, and that adhering to the principle of a State being neutral means that we are enemies of none\, and that we try to maintain friendly relations to all. If a conflict escalates or arises between other States we should remain neutral in that conflict in that we should not support or join in with any of the aggressive activities of either party\, whether they be through financial\, economic\, cultural or military means. \nThis has advantages for peace and security. One is that a neutral country is more favourably placed to promote or make a valuable contribution for the peaceful resolution of conflicts. Another is that we could  offer and deliver genuine humanitarian aid to citizens / residents of either or all the countries adversely affected in the war. Also adhering to a sincere peace policy of pro-active neutrality enables us better to maintain our credibility when it comes to fulfilling our UN Charter obligations when agreed by the General Assembly and the International Court of Justice for taking appropriate and effective actions  as in the ongoing Israeli occupation and genocide in Palestine
URL:http://keepirelandneutral.ie/event/un-charter-day-oct-2025/
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