Defence

Government signals defence changes but ‘no secret plan’ to join Nato

The Consultative Forum on International Security Policy is set to take place in June across four days and three venues in Cork, Galway and Dublin

Tánaiste Micheál Martin: “No hidden agenda at play” by the government to join Nato

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has questioned whether the “triple lock” system for sending Irish troops abroad is “really fit for purpose”.

Martin was speaking the Dáil during statements on a planned consultative forum on Ireland’s security policy.

The Consultative Forum on International Security Policy is set to take place in June across four days and three venues in Cork, Galway and Dublin. Martin said his ambition was that the forum would build a “deeper public and ...