Government to buy €300m naval vessel while current ships tied up with issues

The Department of Defence has confirmed it is to buy a multi-role vessel (MRV) for the navy, costing up to €300m, while ships of near that value are non-operational due to mechanical issues and personnel shortages.

Senator Gerard Craughwell has expressed “serious concern about investing in new hardware at this stage” when there are not the personnel to crew the ships we have.

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