Ireland

Government raises reported incursion with British

The Department of Foreign Affairs is investigating reports of an incursion into the Republic last night by a joint British army…

Éanna Ó Caollaí
Thu Feb 12 2004 - 00:00

The Department of Foreign Affairs is investigating reports of an incursion into the Republic last night by a joint British army and PSNI patrol.

A spokesman for the Department told ireland.comthat the matter had been raised with British authorities through the Anglo-Irish Secretariat at Maryfield.

A report into the matter has also been requested of the Garda Síochána by the Department.

The joint British army-PSNI patrol reportedly crossed into the Republic at Fairyhill, near Omeath, Co Louth at around 7.50 p.m.

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The matter was raised in the Dáil last night and the Department is hoping it may receive a response later today.

Éanna Ó Caollaí

Éanna Ó Caollaí

Iriseoir agus Eagarthóir Gaeilge An Irish Times. Éanna Ó Caollaí is The Irish Times' Irish Language Editor, editor of The Irish Times Student Hub, and Education Supplements editor.