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They are not removing the Triple Lock.
They are removing a single component, leaving it as a fully domestic, Ireland-only-controlled Double Lock, as opposed to a foreign-influenced Triple Lock.
How small is the area that dictates the status of Ireland...
Our projection on the latest @moreincommonuk poll for the NI Assembly
☘️ SF — 29
🦁 DUP — 20
🔷 UUP — 12
🤝 AP — 9
🌹 SDLP — 9
Ⓣ TUV — 7
🌱 GP — 2
⚫ Ind — 2
Mike Strank 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 retweeted
"SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ASS!” will go down as one of the best lines of 2026.
Will a nuclear weapon be launched in anger within the next 10 years? And if so, who will do it?:
0%America
50%Russia
50%Israel
0%Iran
2 votes • 1 days Mike Strank 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 retweeted
The fact that our resources are spent helping Israel do this is far more offensive than calling it out in a political ad.
What an absolute disgrace...
Malta (population 550,000) spends about 0.45% to 0.5% of its GDP on defence, while Ireland spends less, at about 0.1% to 0.2% of its GDP, making both among the lowest relative spenders in the European Union.
Mike Strank 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 retweeted
The current Irish government’s defence innovations include wanting members of its military to address what it calls their ‘colleagues’, with their preferred pronouns. Rank and name did the job perfectly well for centuries. Then you look at what they actually spend on defence and you can see on full display the disregard they have for defence and those charged with the responsibility to maintain it.
Even taking into account Ireland's inflated GDP, the scale of under-investment in defence is well illustrated in todays Eurostat figures below. The continued non-existence of a National Security Strategy, a security vetting framework and a full time defence minister also point to a political class that just does not understand how Europe security has changed since 2022. With Putin waging full scale war on Ukraine and hybrid war on other countries, and Trump's unreliability, national security should be a top priority.
Mike Strank 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 retweeted
Even taking into account Ireland's inflated GDP, the scale of under-investment in defence is well illustrated in todays Eurostat figures below. The continued non-existence of a National Security Strategy, a security vetting framework and a full time defence minister also point to a political class that just does not understand how Europe security has changed since 2022. With Putin waging full scale war on Ukraine and hybrid war on other countries, and Trump's unreliability, national security should be a top priority.
Mike Strank 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 retweeted
UN says it's genocide.
HRC says it's genocide.
PVA says it's genocide.
ICJ says it's genocide.
ICC says it's genocide.
Anyone who knows anything about genocide says it's genocide. Everyone is lying except Israel who are committing genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Mike Strank 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 retweeted
#Israel has committed war crimes & crimes against humanity in the Occupied #Palestinian Territory amid continuing #genocide in Gaza, the @UN Commission of Inquiry on Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report to #UNGA81 today.
More ➡️ bit.ly/4zR1h0S
Mike Strank 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 retweeted
Israel has committed the crime against humanity of "extermination" in the West Bank, while continuing to commit "genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza, United Nations-mandated investigators have said
rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026…
