Ireland is no soft touch for transatlantic drug traffickers, says Helen McEntee

Cargo vessel MV Matthew is escorted into Cobh in Cork by the Irish Navy. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The biggest drugs seizure in the history of the country proves the country is not a soft touch for traffickers, the Justice Ministerhas said.

Helen McEntee said Ireland was “very much in the game” in efforts to prevent drug shipments from South America entering Europe.