DAA set to be tasked with purchasing anti-drone technology

'No Drone Zone' signs on the perimeter fence at Dublin Airport. Picture: Colin Keegan

The company which runs Dublin Airport will be tasked with purchasing anti-drone technology under plans to come to Cabinet on Tuesday.

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and his junior minister Jack Chambers will ask Government to approve plans to appoint the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) as the operator of counter-drone technology at Dublin Airport.