Today contains the final instalment of the poll’s findings and covers the public’s views on neutrality, the US president and aspects of social media regulation. There is wide support for the insertion of Irish neutrality into the Constitution, something that reflects the public’s long-held attachment to the policy, but also perhaps unease and an international environment that is uncertain and threatening. When the triple lock was touted as a guarantee that neutrality would not be affected by the Nice Treaty, it was Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil who argued that the triple lock ensured Irish neutrality. Many of those who argued then that the triple lock did not safeguard neutrality now say its removal would be the end of neutrality. Three-quarters favour banning under-16s from social media and 90 per cent say social media platforms that have broken the law by circulating illegal images should be banned.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2026 19:31 UTC