Two TDs have called for a referendum to guarantee that Ireland will remain neutral.

Mick Wallace and Clare Daly - from the 'Independents4Change' party - say there is popular support for the idea - after commissioning an opinion poll to prove it.

Their poll carried out by Red C shows 57% of adults support a referendum which would put a clause on neutrality into the constitution.

Clare Daly says the country shouldn't worry about the potential business impact of losing US planes in Shannon:

"If we did I think it would be a price willing to pay, but no we don't accept that that is the case.

"There's no evidence really to support that view at all.

"The multinationals that are here are here to make money, and whether Shannon is used by the US military or not they'll continue to stay here as long as they make money, that's what motivates them."