Tánaiste calls for doubling of Ireland's defence budget to €3bn

Tánaiste calls for doubling of Ireland’s defence budget to €3bn

Simon Harris, Ireland’s Tánaiste, has called for a significant increase in the country’s military spending, suggesting that the annual defence budget should reach approximately €3 billion in the coming years. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Irish Examiner during the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in South Africa, Harris stated that the current target of … Read more

€18m of Ireland's defence budget unspent and returned to the exchequer

€18m of Ireland’s defence budget unspent and returned to the exchequer

More than €18 million of Ireland’s 2023 defence budget was left unspent and returned to the exchequer, according to a report by the State’s auditor. The unspent funds were largely the result of significant underspending on pay within the defence sector. While the pay underspend was the most dramatic, there were overspends in other areas … Read more