Landless and John Francis Flynn to perform at Together For Neutrality protest in Dublin

Acclaimed Irish artists Landless and John Francis Flynn are set to perform live at the upcoming Together For Neutrality protest, taking place at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin on June 14.

Organised by the Irish Neutrality League, the event is being described as "a powerful gathering to stand for peace and against Ireland’s creeping militarisation".

"Now more than ever, we must fight to defend Ireland’s long-standing policy of military neutrality," the campaign group wrote on social media. "As global tensions escalate and EU and NATO-aligned voices push for deeper military integration, Ireland is being dragged closer to foreign wars and away from our proud tradition of peacekeeping. Neutrality is not passive — it is an active stance for diplomacy, justice, and peace in a world of rising militarism. Let’s come together and raise our voices: Ireland must not be a cog in the war machine."

In a separate social media post today, the Irish Neutrality League accused the Government of "lying about the Triple Lock and Irish neutrality."

"They say they support neutrality — but that couldn’t be further from the truth," the post continues. "Fine Gael has spent years trying to scrap what they see as a 'political straightjacket', and Fianna Fáil is marching right behind them. They want a militarised Ireland where arms dealers profit from war and death — and they’ve already met with arms lobbyists while trying (poorly) to keep it quiet.

"Now they claim they’re only 'amending' the Triple Lock — but their legislation would gut it entirely. And they want to stretch the definition of peacekeeping to mean 'strengthening international security.' That could mean anything — including sending Irish troops to the frontlines of geopolitical conflicts. That’s not peacekeeping. That’s militarisation."

 

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