In March 2021, my submission to the public consultation on the Commission on the Defence Forces highlighted our strengths as a neutral nation, and how this has served us well in our peacekeeping role abroad. I called for the “triple-lock” – the approval mechanism used to clear Irish Defence Forces’ participation in overseas peacekeeping missions – to be respected. Today, however, I believe Ireland needs a modernised triple-lock mechanism that better equips us to live up to this role effectively. The Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, published in February 2022, noted a “growing demand [for Ireland] to...