They can be used to attack enemy vehicles, boats and drones.

Simon Harris also said he will bring a proposal for €100 million in financial assistance for non-lethal military support for Ukraine to Cabinet.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he believes Europe will continue to stand with Ukraine, but added that it also has to keep engaging with the US.

Freddie Munnelly, nine, was treated for the rare Biliary Atresia when he was a baby at King’s College Hospital in London.

Sir Keir Starmer carried out his first official visit to Ireland as UK prime minister

Mr Starmer is the first UK prime minister to visit Ireland in five years.

The Labour leader was speaking during a visit to Derry on Friday.

Around 100,000 civil servants are due to stage a 24-hour strike next month.

Ivana Bacik said she sees what the UK Labour leader has done as a lesson the Irish Labour Party can follow