Defence Minister ‘asleep at the wheel’ on Navy staffing 'fiasco'

Defence Minister Paul Kehoe has been criticised as being “asleep at the wheel” after admitting he was not “briefed in advance” over the Navy staff shortages “fiasco”, which led to two vessels being docked.

Mr Kehoe has conceded that neither he nor senior officials were told about a newsletter stating that the LÉ Eithne and LÉ Orla were being docked because of an inability to properly staff them.