Politics
Sinn Féin would hold referendum on neutrality, says Carthy
Party’s spokesman on foreign affairs and defence says it would take steps to enshrine our neutral position in the constitution
What would Sinn Féin do about neutrality?
Matt Carthy, the Sinn Féin spokesman on foreign affairs and defence, says the party would hold a referendum on enshrining neutrality in Bunreacht na hÉireann.
Carthy said such a move would require a citizens’ assembly to “agree a framework and wording for a provision” in the Constitution and to decide on an “overarching set of principles” with broad political and public support.
He told the Business Post that ...