'Ireland needs to boost pitiful levels of defence spending', says DUP leader

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has criticised spending levels in Ireland. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA

Ireland needs to boost its “pitiful” level of defence spending, DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said.

Mr Robinson said Ireland had relied on Britain for defence for “too long”, adding that the Irish navy is “not worth mentioning”.