Latest: Taoiseach refuses to reveal how Ireland voted on Saudi Arabia issue

LATEST: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has defended the Government's decision not to disclose whether Ireland voted to elect for Saudi Arabia to a major body on human rights.

Update 8.24pm: Taoiseach Enda Kenny has defended the Government's decision not to disclose whether Ireland voted to elect for Saudi Arabia to a major body on human rights, writes Daniel McConnell.

Mr Kenny was responding to the controversy around the vote on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, but said it is not the convention to disclose how countries voted.