militarism

The imperialist push for militarisation and the myth of a defenceless Ireland

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Dorcha Lee’s recent article in the Irish Examiner, advocating for increased Irish military expenditure and closer alignment with EU militarisation and NATO, fundamentally misrepresents both the nature of Ireland’s geopolitical situation as well as the broader context of global conflict in 2025. This argument is presented as a pragmatic and experienced analysis – from a […]

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Micheál Martin gives go-ahead for EU militarisation

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On Monday EU leaders met with UK prime minister Keir Starmer and NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte for an informal summit about European defence. At the meeting a letter signed by 19 EU leaders (not including Ireland) was tabled, stressing the need for Europe to rapidly militarise, with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to lead the

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Britain preparing for war ‘in three years’

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So why does this mean that Britain must prepare itself for war? According to Walker, Britain has “an absolute urgency to restore credible hard power in order to underwrite deterrence”. Veiled in diplomatic language, the real reason for this commitment has been made clear in the above sentence – to reassert Britain’s interests, with an

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Ireland to provide over €12 million to rearm EU militaries

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The Irish state will contribute €12 million to a European Union scheme to arm EU countries with missiles, artillery shells, and explosives This money will form part of a €1 billion initiative aimed at “incentivising the defence industry through a one-off grant to encourage faster production” of explosives. The stated rationale behind the move is

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