Overview
- An Garda Síochána’s Special Detective Unit is leading the investigation with Defence Forces support and liaison with international partners.
- Crew aboard the Irish Naval Service ship LÉ William Butler Yeats recorded several unidentified drones more than 10km offshore east of Howth and Dublin Bay, and no interception was attempted.
- Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan said the flights were not amateur activity and were intended to pressure EU and Ukrainian interests, with increased counter-drone spending planned.
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin expects a comprehensive security report and will convene the National Security Council, while stressing attribution remains unconfirmed despite a broader pattern of hybrid activity in Europe.
- RTÉ’s analysis of marine traffic noted a vessel present that had been suspected in a prior subsea cable incident, which Scandinavian authorities later deemed accidental, and the outlet declined to name the ship.