Flanagan: ‘Share flight data to combat terror’

Air passenger information should be more readily exchanged between European states in order to prevent terrorist attacks and co-operate with the US on security issues, the foreign affairs minister has said.

Charlie Flanagan has also called on the Arab League to intervene in the Middle East to open up political dialogue with failed states and prevent them from harbouring terrorists.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Irish Examiner the Fine Gael minister gave his views about the recent Isis attacks on Irish tourists; red-line concerns about Britain’s demand for EU reform; the North, his department’s budget; as well as how his party should campaign in the general election.