Arms export probe admits gaps in control system

THE FIRST stage of a Government review into Ireland’s military exports has acknowledged for the first time there are gaps in the control system.

The review published yesterday follows increased criticism of the lack of transparency in military-related exports from Ireland.

Concerns were also expressed last year after the Irish Examiner revealed the Galway Hewlett Packard facility did not require a dual use licence, despite being heavily involved with software development for US and French nuclear weapons programmes.