Cormac O'Keeffe: Fuel protests ignite concerns over security as EU presidency nears

From the contretemps between Jim O’Callaghan and Helen McEntee, to our defence capabilities, the Irish Examiner's Security Correspondent analyses the vulnerabilities exposed by the fuel protests

Foreign affairs and defence minister Helen McEntee at Curragh Camp last year. She told RTÉ 'things at senior level can be improved' when asked if justice minister Jim O'Callaghan had consulted with her before expressing his intention to request Defence Forces assistance amid the fuel price protests. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNrews

When a Government minister says we need to reassess how we handle things after a security crisis, you know there are problems.

As the fuel protest crisis splutters to a halt — for now at least — what issues might need to be reassessed?