Coveney accepts 'virtually everything' in Defence Forces report

Ireland's Defence Forces could not adequately protect itself from the risk of an attack should one happen, Simon Coveney admitted. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Coveney has said that he accepted “virtually everything” in the report into the Defence Forces.

It was “probably the most significant report” into the Defence Forces in the last 50 years, he said.