Government is ‘lying' to Irish people over triple lock for peacekeeping missions, ‘Game of Thrones' actor Liam Cunningham claims
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The Government is 'siding with warmongers', Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham said yesterday, as he endorsed an opposition campaign to 'defend Irish neutrality'.
Cunningham was speaking at the launch of a new People Before Profit pamphlet, 'No To War – Defend Irish Neutrality', which is published in opposition to Government plans to change the triple lock system for overseas deployments.
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