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Government wants the triple lock gone by Christmas, Dooley says.

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  • Dooley says the minister who spoke after the foreign affairs ministers met in Luxembourg made revealing remarks about legislation to abolish the triple lock. She called it reform, he says, but the aim is abolition and a pull towards more militarism on the continent. The Defence Amendment Bill 2026 had its first stage in the Dáil on the 16th of June, and he says the plan is to have it passed by the end of this year, fast-tracked and guillotined through the Dáil.
  • The government's reasoning, as he reports it, is that the UNIFIL mission to Lebanon expires this year and is due to be replaced by a European Union civilian and military mission, which she has called a force protection mission. He explains that the triple lock, in place for nearly 66 years, requires a UN mandate, government approval and a Dáil resolution before 12 or more members of the Defence Forces go on overseas missions. The new bill, he says, would require no Dáil resolution for deployments of 50 or fewer.
  • Dooley calls much of what the political establishment has said about this untrue. In his view it would put Ireland behind the Lebanese armed forces as they disarm Hezbollah, which he describes as essentially a Lebanese civil war, while Israel destroys villages and displaces over a million people. He says the aim of stabilising Lebanon serves a greater Israeli project, and links it to the European Union's 800 billion euro militarism agenda and to Irish money going to Ukraine while people at home face high living costs and energy bills.
  • He agrees that Ireland should make its own decisions rather than leave them to the United Nations, but says this government has no interest in sovereignty or neutrality, pointing to NATO's Partnership for Peace and the battle groups. He argues the UN General Assembly's unity for peace resolution already lets countries act without a Security Council mandate, and that the Nice treaty declarations were what secured the passing of Nice II. He recalls that a leading government figure once called the triple lock a key part of Irish core identity. He closes by saying Ireland, colonised for centuries, should push for peaceful settlement of disputes, as the constitution says, and not send young men and women off as so-called peacekeepers.
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00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Today the European Union foreign affairs ministers met in Luxembourg and Helen McInty was there and made a couple of very revealing remarks around the government's intentions to bring forward legislation to abolish the triple lock. The triple lock has been a key component of Irish neutrality since 1960 and the intention now is to abolish it. She said reform but they want to really abolish the triple lock and drag us towards more militarism on the continent of Europe.

Now her intention is to bring forward this defense amendment bill 2026 which already has been a first stage in Deron on the 16th of June this year and the intention is to get this legislation passed by the end of this year. So wait and see. So much of this will be fasttracked and guillotine through the so-called democratic process that we see in Dal Aaron because her reasoning is the UNIFIL mission to Lebanon is due to expire this year and it's due to be.

Replaced with a European Union civilian and military mission. She's called it a force protection mission and pushing forward this legislation over the next number of months. Now the triple lock has been a longstanding part of Irish neutrality over 65 nearly 66 years at this stage where it requires a UN mandate following by government approval and a doll resolution before 12 members of the defense forces are sent on overseas missions. At the same time, the intended legislation through the defense.

Amendment bill 2026 requires no dial resolution for deployments of 50 or less members of the defense forces. And so much absolute nonsense has been spilled around this and so many untruths to put it very mildly has been spilled by the political establishment around this as well because this is really going to bring Ireland towards supporting the Lebanese armed forces which are disarming Hezbollah essentially a Lebanese civil war. We see what's happening for instance with Israel with Lebanon with villages being.

Destroyed over a million plus people being displaced from that region and the intention is to stabilize Lebanon. We know who that fundamentally represents. We see the push towards a greater Israeli project and all we've seen so many of the European Union being so much pro- Israel particularly Ursula Vander Lion driving her militarism agenda over 800 billion euro and this new militarism agenda and the Irish governments are only too easy to support this agenda. They're always the best.

02:53

Boys and girls in a class for Brussels, not

Boys and girls in a class for Brussels, not for the interests of the people here in Ireland. And they're claiming that we have to make our own decisions in Ireland, that we need our own sovereignty. We can't leave it to the United Nations. Fundamentally, I would agree with that. But I don't agree with this Irish government because they have no interest in Irish sovereignty or any interest in Irish independence, let alone Irish neutrality as he dragged us.

Towards more militarism through various programs with NATO, partnership for peace, battle groups. We can look at so much involvement in many conflicts around the world in the context of supporting the war in Ukraine, spending more and more money and sending more of Irish public money across to that corrupt regime in Ukraine while ordinary people here in Ireland suffer with the extortionate cost of living and sky-high energy bills as I speak. And this comes as I said at the same time when the.

European Union have and many members big member states have supported the Israeli agenda as well. So we should have no hands of part in being any sort of participant or never mind an active participant which is what we become in this conflict and instead focus on what our constitution states look for Pacific settlements to intern any international disputes which is vitally important. Peace as a country has been colonized for centuries. We know better than most in terms of standing up for the.

Interests of peace and not standing with any imperial or colonial power and be a strong voice for peace as well and the nonsense being spilled around the UN being not fit for purpose in terms of security council. Well, there is a resolution that was passed previously in the general assembly which requires unity for peace for instance where many countries can come together and stand up for peace instead of requiring the UN Security Council man mandate with the.

Five permanent members. And remember as well the several decorations in the Nice treaty where it was respected that Ireland would hold on to the triple lock which resulted in the passing of Nice too. Remember Miho Martin himself said it was key part of Irish core identity essentially of Irish neutrality seems to be has moved a billion miles away from that remark he made a number of years ago. So this was taking place in Ireland right in front of our eyes as the.

“So this was taking place in Ireland right in front of our eyes as the”

05:31

Corrupt political establishment have no interest in standing up

Corrupt political establishment have no interest in standing up for neutrality and want send young men and women off to be killed as so-called peacekeeping forces. Thanks for the support with my videos. really appreciate them.

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12 Oct 2026 · Sovereignty · 5:45

Government wants the triple lock gone by Christmas, Dooley says.

After a meeting of European Union foreign affairs ministers in Luxembourg, Dooley says the government is moving to abolish the triple lock, the rule that has governed Irish troop deployments abroad since 1960. He says the Defence Amendment Bill 2026 is meant to pass by the end of this year, justified by the end of the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon. He argues it drags Ireland towards European militarism and away from neutrality.

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Dooley says the minister who spoke after the foreign affairs ministers met in Luxembourg made revealing remarks about legislation to abolish the triple lock. She called it reform, he says, but the aim is abolition and a pull towards more militarism on the continent. The Defence Amendment Bill 2026 had its first stage in the Dáil on the 16th of June, and he says the plan is to have it passed by the end of this year, fast-tracked and guillotined through the Dáil.
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The government's reasoning, as he reports it, is that the UNIFIL mission to Lebanon expires this year and is due to be replaced by a European Union civilian and military mission, which she has called a force protection mission. He explains that the triple lock, in place for nearly 66 years, requires a UN mandate, government approval and a Dáil resolution before 12 or more members of the Defence Forces go on overseas missions. The new bill, he says, would require no Dáil resolution for deployments of 50 or fewer.
03
Dooley calls much of what the political establishment has said about this untrue. In his view it would put Ireland behind the Lebanese armed forces as they disarm Hezbollah, which he describes as essentially a Lebanese civil war, while Israel destroys villages and displaces over a million people. He says the aim of stabilising Lebanon serves a greater Israeli project, and links it to the European Union's 800 billion euro militarism agenda and to Irish money going to Ukraine while people at home face high living costs and energy bills.
04
He agrees that Ireland should make its own decisions rather than leave them to the United Nations, but says this government has no interest in sovereignty or neutrality, pointing to NATO's Partnership for Peace and the battle groups. He argues the UN General Assembly's unity for peace resolution already lets countries act without a Security Council mandate, and that the Nice treaty declarations were what secured the passing of Nice II. He recalls that a leading government figure once called the triple lock a key part of Irish core identity. He closes by saying Ireland, colonised for centuries, should push for peaceful settlement of disputes, as the constitution says, and not send young men and women off as so-called peacekeepers.
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Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Today the European Union foreign affairs ministers met in Luxembourg and Helen McInty was there and made a couple of very revealing remarks around the government's intentions to bring forward legislation to abolish the triple lock. The triple lock has been a key component of Irish neutrality since 1960 and the intention now is to abolish it. She said reform but they want to really abolish the triple lock and drag us towards more militarism on the continent of Europe.

Now her intention is to bring forward this defense amendment bill 2026 which already has been a first stage in Deron on the 16th of June this year and the intention is to get this legislation passed by the end of this year. So wait and see. So much of this will be fasttracked and guillotine through the so-called democratic process that we see in Dal Aaron because her reasoning is the UNIFIL mission to Lebanon is due to expire this year and it's due to be.

Replaced with a European Union civilian and military mission. She's called it a force protection mission and pushing forward this legislation over the next number of months. Now the triple lock has been a longstanding part of Irish neutrality over 65 nearly 66 years at this stage where it requires a UN mandate following by government approval and a doll resolution before 12 members of the defense forces are sent on overseas missions. At the same time, the intended legislation through the defense.

Amendment bill 2026 requires no dial resolution for deployments of 50 or less members of the defense forces. And so much absolute nonsense has been spilled around this and so many untruths to put it very mildly has been spilled by the political establishment around this as well because this is really going to bring Ireland towards supporting the Lebanese armed forces which are disarming Hezbollah essentially a Lebanese civil war. We see what's happening for instance with Israel with Lebanon with villages being.

Destroyed over a million plus people being displaced from that region and the intention is to stabilize Lebanon. We know who that fundamentally represents. We see the push towards a greater Israeli project and all we've seen so many of the European Union being so much pro- Israel particularly Ursula Vander Lion driving her militarism agenda over 800 billion euro and this new militarism agenda and the Irish governments are only too easy to support this agenda. They're always the best.

Boys and girls in a class for Brussels, not

Boys and girls in a class for Brussels, not for the interests of the people here in Ireland. And they're claiming that we have to make our own decisions in Ireland, that we need our own sovereignty. We can't leave it to the United Nations. Fundamentally, I would agree with that. But I don't agree with this Irish government because they have no interest in Irish sovereignty or any interest in Irish independence, let alone Irish neutrality as he dragged us.

Towards more militarism through various programs with NATO, partnership for peace, battle groups. We can look at so much involvement in many conflicts around the world in the context of supporting the war in Ukraine, spending more and more money and sending more of Irish public money across to that corrupt regime in Ukraine while ordinary people here in Ireland suffer with the extortionate cost of living and sky-high energy bills as I speak. And this comes as I said at the same time when the.

European Union have and many members big member states have supported the Israeli agenda as well. So we should have no hands of part in being any sort of participant or never mind an active participant which is what we become in this conflict and instead focus on what our constitution states look for Pacific settlements to intern any international disputes which is vitally important. Peace as a country has been colonized for centuries. We know better than most in terms of standing up for the.

Interests of peace and not standing with any imperial or colonial power and be a strong voice for peace as well and the nonsense being spilled around the UN being not fit for purpose in terms of security council. Well, there is a resolution that was passed previously in the general assembly which requires unity for peace for instance where many countries can come together and stand up for peace instead of requiring the UN Security Council man mandate with the.

Five permanent members. And remember as well the several decorations in the Nice treaty where it was respected that Ireland would hold on to the triple lock which resulted in the passing of Nice too. Remember Miho Martin himself said it was key part of Irish core identity essentially of Irish neutrality seems to be has moved a billion miles away from that remark he made a number of years ago. So this was taking place in Ireland right in front of our eyes as the.

“So this was taking place in Ireland right in front of our eyes as the”

Corrupt political establishment have no interest in standing up

Corrupt political establishment have no interest in standing up for neutrality and want send young men and women off to be killed as so-called peacekeeping forces. Thanks for the support with my videos. really appreciate them.

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