President's son slams 'alarmist tone' of security policy forum

Michael Higgins at the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy at University of Galway. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The son of President Michael D Higgins has criticised the Government’s security policy forum for its “conspicuous and glaring omission” of discussions on peace.

Michael Higgins Jr, who worked in Ireland’s mission to the UN, also hit out at the “alarmist tone” of material at the forum, which followed its first session in Cork on Thursday with a second day in Galway on Friday.