Refugee Crisis: Government will respond ‘compassionately’

The Government is expected to indicate it is willing to relocate more than 2,000 refugees here as part of wider EU efforts to respond to the growing crisis, the Defence Minister said.

Simon Coveney said the Government recognises the fact that most Irish people wanted the State to respond to the crisis in a compassionate way.

“And that’s what we are going to do,” he insisted.