Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I am totally opposed to any attempt by the Putin regime to organise a Russian invasion of Ukraine. I am opposed to war and to conflict here. However, I am also opposed to the continuing expansion of NATO into eastern Europe. The Irish Government should support neither Washington nor Moscow. However, the Taoiseach’s Government is supporting an increasingly pro-NATO position. It is facilitating the build-up of NATO troops in eastern Europe. It is allowing the US war machine to refuel at Shannon Airport on its way to eastern Europe. When the Taoiseach meets the US President next month, will he tell him that Ireland is not a supporter of imperialism and of militarism, and that the refuelling facilities at Shannon Airport will no longer be made available to the US war machine?

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