Europe's Security Fears are 'New Brexit' as Ireland Must be Pragmatic on Defence – 12/06/2025
Concerns around European security have become the “new Brexit” for Irish officials and their EU counterparts, the European Affairs minister has said. Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for European Affairs and at the Department of Defence & TD for Meath East Thomas Byrne was speaking at an event in Dublin hosted by the Irish Institute of International and European Affairs, in which he outlined his views on the future for Ireland’s interaction with EU defence mechanisms.Minister Byrne spoke to us on…
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