Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said ‘more people’ needed to be ready to fight to protect the UK.

The Fianna Fail leader has not yet received a report reviewing the party’s approach to the presidential election, a statement said.

European leaders have set out conditions for peace in Ukraine following a meeting in Berlin. Any deal with Russia will have to allow Kyiv to maintain its armed forces at 800,000 troops, involve a ...