Ireland will beef up drone defences ahead of assuming EU presidency

Move comes in the wake of reports of objects in the skies near the flight path of the plane carrying Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on his recent Dublin visit

Foreign affairs and defence minister Helen McEntee pledged to put technology in place which will identify and neutralise drones that may be a threat. Stock picture: Dan Linehan

Anti-drone defences will be in place by the time Ireland takes up the EU presidency next summer, the minister for foreign affairs and defence has said.

The technology will "identify and neutralise" drones that "may be a threat" and will be in place before the meeting of senior EU figures in Dublin.