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Neutrality Is Immoral
I’m glad to see the issue of Irish military neutrality back in the news again. This country is not immune to very real external threats and it is immoral to remain neutral as between the malign and the benign.
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Correspondence With The Deputy Chief Of Staff
Through FoI, I obtained an internal email from the Deputy Chief of Staff within the Irish Defence Forces. Since Major General Ó’Murchú referred to me personally, I sent him a follow up email to help him with his presumptions about me.
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The Irish Catholic And Their Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad “Journalism”
Not alone has an entirely appalling and utterly false allegation been made by The Irish Catholic newspaper, but they have also refused to correct the fiction that they invented out of think air.
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The Christian Chauvinism Of Micheál Martin
The comments from Micheál Martin TD in the Dáil following the recent massacre of Jews by Hamas, were based on appalling sectarianism and religious chauvinism. Moreover, Mr Martin has form in this regard.
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Department Of Defence Rapid Reactions
I have received some correspondence from Micheál Martin TD as Minster for Defence. If the EU Rapid Reaction Force is relying on his “standard operating procedures”, they needn’t expect anything to happen rapidly.
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Defence Forces Chaplaincy Review Board
Today I had a very interesting and useful meeting with the Irish Defence Forces Chaplaincy Review Board. I spoke with Lt Col Padraig Brennan and several of his colleagues on the Board, providing an atheist perspective into the review process.
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Successful Litigation Against Minister For Defence
After applying to become a Military Chaplain, I litigated a case against Simon Coveney as Minister for Defence, under the terms of the Employment Equality Act. A recent decision in the case has found that I was subject to unlawful religious discrimination because I am an atheist.