Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

-----or Sinn Féin, of course, but there is also the Hague Convention of 1907, which defines neutrality. It is very clear in its definition of it. Article 2 of that convention states "Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across the territory of a neutral Power." That convention also states "A neutral power must not allow any of the acts referred to in [Article 2] ... to occur on its territory." That is the internationally accepted definition of neutrality. I should read into the record Article 29 of our Constitution which deals with neutrality. It states:

1 Ireland affirms its devotion to the ideal of peace and friendly co-operation amongst nations founded on international justice and morality.

2 Ireland affirms its adherence to the principle of the pacific settlement of international disputes by international arbitration or judicial determination.

3 Ireland accepts the generally recognised principles of international law as its rule of conduct in its relations with other State.

I wish to refer to what Mr. Justice Kearns said when Ed Horgan took his case about the goings on in Shannon Airport through which 2 million US troops passed on their way to conduct the war in Iraq, which has claimed 1 million lives and which opened the door to the destruction of the cultural heritage of Iraq that I have outlined. In fact, ISIS would not exist were it not for the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, and I do not believe any serious commentator would suggest otherwise. ISIS is the bitter fruit of that assault by the United States.

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