Footage of drones off the Irish coast during Ukrainian president's visit may be kept from the public

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he believed the Defence Forces had taken the correct decision in not shooting down the drones

Taoiseach Micheál Martin (left) said he believed the Defence Forces had taken the correct decision in not shooting down the drones that appeared on the night Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) had flown into Dublin Airport earlier this month. Photo: Government Information Service

The public may never be shown official footage of unidentified drones flying off the Irish coast during Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Dublin earlier this month.

The incident occurred on the night Mr Zelenskyy had flown into Dublin Airport, when the crew on the naval vessel LÉ William Butler Yeats spotting several drones flying off the coast of Howth.