Click on the arrows to go through the images by Joe Boland (North West Newspix) Mairéad Farrell has criticised proposed changes to Ireland’s triple lock neutrality system. The Sinn Féin politician was speaking at the annual Drumboe Easter commemoration on Easter Sunday. The Galway West TD delivered a rousing address in which she blasted the draft legislation put together by the Government. At the moment, the triple lock mechanism allows for the deployment of 12 or more soldiers when there is a UN mandate approved by the UN’s Security Council or General Assembly, as well as approval by the Government and the Dáil. The legislation is proposing to remove the requirement for formal approval from the UN. “We want no hand, act or part in anyone’s imperialist wars,” Deputy Farrell said. “We see this government’s attempts at dismantling the triple lock for what it is: A precursor to sending young Irish men and women off to die in military misadventures and imperialist conflicts that have nothing to do with the interests of Ireland. “If we look at it, the parallels are stark when we look at 100 years ago when the Irish people were implored by the British Empire to fight under the Union Jack for the so-called freedom of small nations while our own country remained under the veil of colonialism.” To the applause of those in attendance at the Republican memorial on Main Street, Stranorlar, Deputy Farrell said: “We have learned the lessons of history well and, Micheal Martin, may as well know that.” She said that the Irish people’s solidarity with Palestine is “never been in doubt” and that this nation has a “responsibility” to “do everything we can do stop this genocide”. She said: “Words of condemnation from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael ring hollow when they allow the use of our airspace to bring or send munitions to Israel, when they allow the use of Shannon Airport, when they don’t enact the Occupied Territories Bill. “We see them for what they are doing and we see
Triple lock change would 'send Irish men and women off to die', Drumboe memorial told
Sinn Féin TD Mairéad Farrell said: 'We see this government’s attempts at dismantling the triple lock for what it is: A precursor to sending young Irish men and women off to die in military misadventures and imperialist conflicts that have nothing to do with the interests of Ireland'
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