Taoiseach calls for stronger UK-Ireland security co-operation amid rising global threats

British prime minister Keir Starmer with Taoiseach Micheál Martin. Picture: Phil Noble/PA

There must be "very, very close co-operation" between Ireland and the UK when it comes to security issues, the Taoiseach has said.

Micheál Martin was speaking following a UK-Ireland summit held in Liverpool this morning where he and British prime minister Kier Starmer discussed the "challenging geopolitical and international security environment".