Government defends security forum as opposition label it ‘rigged’ and ‘unashamedly one-sided’

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TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has defended the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy being hosted this week as opposition TDs have labelled it "rigged" and said they've been excluded from the debate. Varadkar, while speaking at a press conference about the Shared Island Fund today today, said that the forum is not about whether Ireland should join NATO or any other military alliance, but a "deep dive" into the state's security policy. An Taoiseach said that the country faces "very different threats" today and that he believes it's time to begin to look at upgrading Ireland's Defence Forces and putting investments…

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