Taoiseach: EU sanctions on Belarus should be expanded 

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said EU sanctions on Belarus should be expanded and strengthened following the forced grounding of a Ryanair flight where a journalist was removed.

European Union sanctions on Belarus should be expanded and strengthened following the forced grounding of a Ryanair flight where a journalist was removed, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

It was an act of coercion and requires a firm response from the EU, Mr Martin said.