The Irish government is under pressure to come clean about a decades-old secret agreement with the UK for RAF aircraft to defend Irish airspace in an emergency.
Although “never officially confirmed”, the Anglo-Irish deal is understood to allow UK jets to “intercept threats” in Irish airspace, said Sky News.
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