Can Ireland Remain Neutral? Lecture/Plenary event

Can Ireland Remain Neutral?
Ireland’s Place in a Troubled World
Finding a Way Forward

Saturday, 7th March 2026, 10.00 a.m- 3.30p.m
The Playwright’s Room, Wynn’s Hotel, Abbey Street, Dublin 1.

SESSION ONE
CHALLENGES TO IRISH NEUTRALITY
Chair: Professor John Maguire

10.00 a.m. Opening, Lex Innocentium 21st Century

10.15 a.m. Professor Patrick Bresnihan and Professor Rory Rowan Militarising Foreign Direct
Investment

10.55 a.m. Video extract from conversation between Mr. Eddie O’Brien of the Thinking Centre
and Col. Laurence Wilkerson (An International Perspective)

11.10 a.m. Question and Answer Session

11.30 a.m. Coffee

Mother’s Day Video by Lex Innocentium & RoJ (A Rojnroll Production),
With music from Michael Weston King (with his very kind permission)

SESSION TWO
THE FUTURE OF IRISH NEUTRALITY AND THE TRIPLE LOCK
Chair: Ms. Carol Fox

11.45 a.m. Ms. Patricia McKenna Scrapping Neutrality and the Triple Lock in support of the
EU’s Expanding Military Agenda

12.05 p.m. Mr. Eamon O’Cuív The Future of Irish Neutrality

12.25 p.m. Question and Answer Session

12.50 p.m. Break for Lunch

SESSION THREE: PLENARY
WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?
Chair: Dr. Seán English
Panel of Speakers

2.15 p.m. Exploration of options and strategies for saving the Triple Lock and Irish Neutrality.
Making plans for future actions and initiatives. Working together for Peace, Justice, Neutrality, and
the Triple Lock

3.30 p.m. Close