Minister praises cocaine-haul team

Defence Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Dermot Earley has joined Defence Minister Willie O'Dea in praising those involved in the successful operation to seize a record haul of cocaine off the Irish coast.

“They boarded that yacht in horrendous weather conditions,” Mr O’Dea said. “The navy service performed outstandingly as part, of course, of a joint operation involving gardaí and customs.”