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Irish Mirror
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Michael O'Toole

Taoiseach confirms special exercise to test Ireland's preparedness for nuclear disaster

Ireland has held a special exercise to see how we would cope with a nuclear disaster, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed.

Mr Varadkar told The Dail on Tuesday that the desktop exercise, held late last year, was carried out to gauge our preparedness for a nuclear or radiation emergency in Europe.

He was answering a question from Independent TD Cathal Berry – who said he was worried that the Russian invasion of Ukraine could lead to a leak at a nuclear plant.

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