Micheal Martin and Keir Starmer are leading talks at a major UK-Ireland summit in Liverpool.

Prime minister Keir Starmer and Taoiseach Micheál Martin will take part in the first in a series of annual UK-Ireland summits.

Micheál Martin said he was a man of peace but that Ukraine has a right to defend itself

Micheál Martin said the country would be willing to be engaged in a peacekeeping mission if a ceasefire is reached

The Taoiseach will meet with the British prime minister in Liverpool this evening for the first of a series of annual UK-Ireland summits.

The EPC is designed as a forum for political and strategic discussions about Europe’s future.