Overview
- Zelenskyy’s flight touched down a few minutes early, and an Irish navy ship then spotted four to five drones near the planned approach to Dublin Airport.
- The drones entered a temporary no-drone zone and later circled above the LÉ William Butler Yeats within Irish territorial waters.
- Security assessments describe large, costly, military-spec devices and say the episode could be classed as hybrid activity, with no perpetrator identified.
- Authorities chose not to engage the drones; the naval vessel lacked counter‑UAV capability and an Air Corps aircraft on patrol did not intervene.
- Gardaí and Defence Forces are investigating suspected launch points near Howth or from an undetected vessel, and the Defence Forces confirmed support to the Garda-led operation as the defence minister said the visit proceeded to plan.