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State agencies said a ‘significant quantity’ of suspected drugs were found on board the cargo ship.

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Senator Aidan Davitt said the move would also take thousands of cars out of cities and towns nationwide

Gerard Guinan, who is the General Secretary of PDFORRA, was speaking ahead of their annual delegate conference in Trim.

The Fianna Fail leader, who is also the Defence Minister, announced the move during a speech at PDFORRA annual delegate conference and said resources had been allocated to fund it.

"The unjustifiable killing of Private Sean Rooney and serious injury to Trooper Shane Kearney in the course of their duty in UNIFIL reinforces the unique nature of service in the Defence Forces, and the exceptional skills of Defence Forces personnel.”

Micheal Martin also said he was ‘a bit impatient’ with the suggestion that Ireland was the weakest link in Europe.

Ireland has ended the deployment of its emergency team in Cyprus and Djibouti to help those brought to safety.

The Irish UN peacekeeper was injured in the shooting incident which left 24-year-old Private Sean Rooney dead