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Ireland's foreign policy can only be explained by the effects of its unfinished break with Britain. was distorted under British rule with all the investment North, the industrialising and then істі. 1у has never recovered When trying to go it alone' produced economic progress the BOSSE. turned forcign investment. The COUS 30 W inducements given and then Ireland entered the BEC The Irish Development Association gives massive State handouts with virKEYE LYNC commemorate Sands death as they passed the House of Commons at Westminster. Among other slogans on veered from backing Belgrano. James Bruin looks at the hypocrisy tually no strings to hims and Irish opening plants Corporation Tax 1s lowest in Europe. US investors got an average rate of return of 33.7 per cent, double European average. Hence it surprising that of US firms investing Europe half chose Ireland, Such dependence on foreign capital completely Treland's "neutral' stance in international politics. As the Swedish ambassador to cent seminar Dublin, Sweden stayed out of the EEC because towards harmonisation of IWO aims of the EEC foreign policy and monetary would have compromised Swedish neutrality' On the military front too Irish 'neutrality' is wearing thin. since the development of the Sovic "backfire' bomber which is capable CLUTCHES nuclear attacks on Britain. the British government has been looking to improve its radar defence system.
The Irish governmen duly obliged Earth satellite stations have been opened up in County Cork, Sligo and Donegal givin to the desh com cess the Irish communications of the entire length of the West Coast of Ireland Further, when a resolu tion declaring the use of nicatin atone United violation uniter Nations Charter recenti Assembly, Ireland was the Livingstone, leader of the GLC, and Owen Carron MP. only country VOIC against along with 18 NATO allies.
Such positions are embarrassing the Irish government. It has already increased defence spen ding by 800 per cent in the last ten years to £450m and entry to NATO would demand a furinthe overtrebling this sum. whelming majority of th Irish people are opposed breaking Irish neutrality and entry into NATO, even if the army officer corps is keen on the idea.
When the Irish government backed EEC sanc tions against Argentina the Republican sentiment was immediately support Volunteers were reported to have gone to the Argentine embassy in Dublin to sign up!
And when the British government finally admitted last week that it was dragged Irish trawler under the sea, antiBritish feeling put greater Pressure on the Irish government, Irish government has ever pursued anything like a socialist foreign policy was when the provisional government established by ine Baster mising 1916 backed James. Con nolly's view that Britain's involvement in the first imperialist world war providcome best opportuney to breaking hold over An Irish government guided by those principles would THInK DWEE sending the fleet half wa the When even the Irish government with its own contradictory "neutrality gets cold feet over the Falklands, this just goes to bankruptcy of Thatcher's policy
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BOBBY SANDS M.P. FRAICIS HUGHES ASYMOID MCREESH
WE REMEMBER REPUBLICAN POW.S
THOMRS MERCE MICKEY DE MURDERED BY THE BRITISH STAC 'BOBBY SANDS MP', chanted 3,000 people on last weekend's
the march was 'Hands off Northern Ireland - Hands Of Argentina. Speakers at the rally after the march included Ken
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