Irish asked to implement EU security strategy

Europe's foreign policy chief has called on the Irish EU Presidency to put the Union's first joint security strategy into practice.

Speaking in Dublin today (8 January), Javier Solana pushed Ireland - traditionally a neutral in security matters - to implement the strategy which was finalised late last year.

The security document was agreed by EU leaders during last month's summit in Brussels and sets out massive terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, regional co...