Latest: Coveney has 'total respect' for Air Corps after news emerges he challenged pilot who refused to fly over fog

Latest: Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says he has total respect for all military personnel.

Wed, 05 Jul, 2017 - 08:25

Update 9.42am: Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney says he has total respect for all military personnel.

His comments come after it emerged he challenged an Air Corps pilot who refused to fly him to Cork for a meeting in 2015, because of fog, when he was Defence Minister.

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