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Ireland alarmed by Russian naval drill
By EUobserver
Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has raised the alarm on Russian live-fire naval missile tests due to take place in Ireland's maritime economic zone. Russia had a right to the naval drills and had notified authorities of its plans, he said, "but In light of the current political and security environment in Europe ... [Ireland] had raised a number of concerns with the Russian authorities," he added on Sunday.