Draft legislation to change triple lock on Irish troop deployment to be brought to Cabinet

Tà¡naiste Simon Harris: ‘We cannot have a situation where any one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Russia or anybody else - can veto that decision, we need to be empowered to do that.’ Photograph: Brian Lawless/AP Tà¡naiste Simon Harris will bring draft legislation to Cabinet on Tuesday to modify the triple lock on Irish troop deployment and remove the need for UN Security Council approval for peacekeeping missions abroad. A proposal to provide €100 million worth of non-lethal aid to Ukraine in the wake of the United States’ retreat from the conflict will also…