Taoiseach 'didn’t think twice' about travelling to NI following Coveney security alert

Taoiseach 'didn’t think twice' about travelling to NI following Coveney security alert

Speaking to the media, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he did not think twice about coming to Northern Ireland a week after a security alert disrupted a visit to Belfast by Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney. Photo: Jonathan McCambridge/PA Wire

The Taoiseach said he “didn’t think twice” about travelling to Northern Ireland after a foiled attack on Simon Coveney.

A Belfast speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs was interrupted last week after a “suspect device” was found in the car park of the venue.

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