Ministers will this morning approve special new technology that will down rogue drones that have become the scourge of Irish airports.
And they will go further and look at buying more disruption equipment that could also be used to target mischievous drone operators aiming their machines at power plants, army installations, water infrastructure and government buildings.
Dublin Airport has already been closed six times this year when the illegal small flying objects crossed into air lanes and became a danger to passenger flights.
