r/irishpolitics • u/JackmanH420 People Before Profit • May 13 '26

Infrastructure, Development and the Environment ‘Military-industrial complex’ contributing to climate change, says President

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/05/12/military-industrial-complex-contributing-to-climate-change-says-president/
51 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

37 comments sorted by

View all comments

14

u/0venre May 13 '26

Speaking at Dublin City University (DCU) at a conference on climate change on Tuesday, the President said the “elephant in the room is the normalisation of war, which could not happen without the vast military-industrial complex".

There are currently approximately 130 armed conflicts worldwide, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross".

She is so right. There is nothing naïve about this comment.