More than €18m of Ireland's defence budget unspent and handed back to exchequer last year

More than €18m in the defence budget for 2023 was unspent and surrendered back to the exchequer, the State’s auditor has said.

This was due to dramatic underspends in pay, offset in part by overspends in deployment, equipment and IT.

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