Roger Cole is the founder and chairman of the
Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA). He was an
active member of the
Irish Labour Party which he joined in 1967 and stood in a local election in Dún Laoghaire. He resigned from the party following its compromising on the policy of Irish neutrality. He was also on the national executive of the Irish
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
He has campaigned against the
Iraq War and the use by the US military of
Shannon Airport.
He has spoken on behalf of the PANA at
Oireachtas
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committees, the
National Forum on Europe.
He has campaigned against
European Union (EU)
militarisation
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and EU treaties such as the
Treaty of Nice, which extend the EU powers into security and military matters.
In 2008 he represented PANA at the hearings of the sub-committee on Ireland's Future in the European Union set up in the aftermath of the 'no' vote in the
first referendum on the
Treaty of Lisbon.
Module III B: Ireland's Future engagement in the EU
Video Oireachtas website, 21 November 2008
References
Living people
Labour Party (Ireland) politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Irish anti-war activists
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