Reports that Ireland had to rely on using British warships and helicopters to defend EU defence ministers also Govt needs to stop wasting taxpayers money
Aontu leader - Peadar Tóibín has stated that needing foreign military help to secure a major defense summit on Irish soil highlighted stark underinvestment and exposed the gap between the government's rhetoric and actual defense capabilities, This has come to light as Minister for Defence Helen McEntee has defended Ireland’s security spending in the face of repeated questions at an informal gathering of EU defence ministers in Wicklow organised as part of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of Europe. It emerged that a Royal Navy warship and helicopter is providing security backup at the…
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