Demilitarising Finance Resource Page
22 June 2026
As part of Culture Night 2025, Financial Justice Ireland collaborated with AFRI to host Demilitarising Finance: A Walking, Talking and Singing Tour of the International Financial Services Centre, Dublin.
As an accompaniment to last year's walking tour, we've compiled this list of useful resources for educators, activists, and all those in our broader network.
We think itโll be of interest to anyone who wants to learn about some of the topics addressed in our tour, or indeed, anyone curious to know more about the link between capitalism and the crisis of care that afflicts our society.
During summer 2025, our team attended the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville (you can find a full account of our experience here). While in Seville, we also attended the FfD4 Parallel Event, ๐ฟ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐: ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ & ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐h, co-organised by APWLD, ESCR-Net and the Asian Peopleโs Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD). Our attendance at this event would go on to inform the walking tour we launched in Autumn.
Below is a selection of global citizenship education materials related to peace, justice and our call to demilitarise finance.
AFRI - action from Ireland
- https://www.afri.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Irish-Neutrality-WEB.pdf
- https://www.afri.ie/publications/peacemaker-newsletter/
- Lots more to explore https://www.afri.ie/
Students taking action
- 2024 UCC Liberated zone โ Palestine
https://praxisucc.ie/resources/liberated-zone-palestine/
- 2006 Portlaoise Schoolgirls buy weapons to expose arms trade https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30249307.html
Research and resources for campaigning
- Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign https://www.ipsc.ie/
- 2025-26 The Neutrality Roadshow https://www.rundale.org/2025/05/08/the-neutrality-roadshow/
- 2025 Niamh Nรญ Bhriain Dismantling the Triple Lock will put people in harmโs way. So why is the government doing it? https://www.rundale.org/2025/07/31/dismantling-the-triple-lock-will-put-people-in-harms-w/
- 2025 Podcast Peace, Justice and Demilitarisation with Joe Murray and Reimagining Development https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/cge-belfast/episodes/Peace,%20Justice%20and%20Demilitarisation%20with%20Joe%20Murray-e31mjmo
The constraints of neoliberal peace
- The Peace That is Not: a Feminist Critique of Neoliberal Approaches to Peacebuilding https://bosnia-peace.wilpf.org/
- The Financialisation of Peace: Turning Peopleโs Needs into Investable Assets https://www.financialjustice.ie/news/blog/financialisation-of-peace/
- Profiting from Deconstruction and Reconstruction https://www.eurozine.com/profiting-from-destruction-and-reconstruction/
- Rich Countries Prioritise Weapons Over Saving Lives https://www.eurodad.org/oda_2025_prelim
Debt and militarisation
- Debt and arms swaps https://nordicmonitor.com/2025/07/turkey-forgives-millions-in-debt-to-countries-buying-its-weapons/
- EU Agrees to launch loans for arms https://www.ft.com/content/b5c95e3d-74e2-4eb5-a88b-9e650cb93ce2?syn-25a6b1a6=1
The IFSC and the global arms industry
Emerging arms industry in Ireland
- https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41647543.html
- https://www.afri.ie/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Irish-Neutrality-WEB.pdf
Ireland - Public figures with connections to military investment
- https://www.ontheditch.com/state-owned-investment-fund/
- https://www.ontheditch.com/director-of-gareth-sheridans-company/
Ireland militarisation and citizenship
