How did the 'triple lock' on Irish troop deployments come into being – and why is it ending?

Taoiseach Micheà¡l Martin: Opposition parties suspect the Government has an agenda of eroding Irish neutrality and nudging the State towards Nato. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images The end of the triple lock should not come as a surprise. Its demise has been signalled for well over two years by government. In 2023, a four-day Consultative Forum on International Security Policy was held to discuss Ireland's position on this critical issue in the face of rapidly changing global politics. Critics railed that the forum was intended as a vehicle to erode Irish neutrality. If there was anything in its crosshairs,…