Simon Coveney defends Ireland's neutrality despite stance on Ukrainian invasion

Ireland will likely pay around €10m for military assistance for the Ukrainian military to be used exclusively for the provision of non-lethal support

A military facility that was destroyed by recent shelling in the city of Brovary outside Kyiv on Tuesday. Photo: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has reiterated that Ireland is militarily neutral despite our response to the Ukraine crisis.

"Ireland is militarily neutral; that is, we are not a member of a military alliance," he said in the Dáil on Tuesday.