Repeat referendums secured positive votes after government commitments to ensure the triple lock would be respected. The bill would scrap the triple lock, despite the commitments given by past governments to secure public ascent to the Nice and Lisbon treaties. Local neutrality groups have sprung up in Louth, Roscommon, and Tipperary to push for council motions on the triple lock in the wake of roadshow events. Lively debate and democratic contestationCouncil motions on protecting the triple lock have been driven by local grassroots campaigns in a number of cases. The Social Democrats introduced a motion to the Dáil calling for a plebiscite on retaining the triple lock earlier this year.

Source: Irish Examiner December 29, 2025 01:25 UTC