nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220413-182411-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220413s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220413-182411-0 doi eng 342 23 Daly, Eoin Author aut (orcid)0000-0001-5252-2386 Neutrality and the Irish Constitution Daly, Eoin Verfassungsblog 2022-04-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Ireland, like other neutral states, has witnessed intense debates in recent weeks over the future of its neutral status. Ireland is not a member of NATO and has maintained an ambiguous status of ‘neutrality’ since independence. However, neutrality as such is not a constitutional requirement, and insofar as it obtains at all, has more the character of a policy or tradition. Departures from that tradition – particularly the joining of NATO – would nonetheless likely encounter certain constitutional barriers. In particular, it seems likely that membership of NATO would require a constitutional referendum. CC BY-SA 4.0 Irish Constitution NATO accession Neutrality Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/neutrality-and-the-irish-constitution/ raw object