Belgian foreign minister Maxime Prévot said the findings of an investigation by The Irish Times into the Aughinish Alumina plant in Limerick were 'extremely disturbing'. However, the fallout from the investigation by The Irish Times into the business of Aughinish Alumina was rumbling in the background. For years now, the Government’s position on Ukraine has been that Ireland is militarily but not politically neutral. The Taoiseach and the Minister for Housing, James Browne, are launching a housing development in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow, at 10am. Later in the evening, the Defence Committee hears from the implementation oversight group for the Commission on the Defence Forces (DF), as well as from the DF itself and the Department of Defence.

Source: The Irish Times March 25, 2026 20:41 UTC