John Halligan to be briefed on international political tensions

The Department of Foreign Affairs will brief the Junior Minister

It's after Minister Halligan said he wanted to travel to North Korea on a peace mission. 

He's been called into Iveagh House in Dublin for a briefing after arriving back from a government trip to Thailand.

Education Minister Richard Bruton says Halligan was wrong to try to deal with a despotic country.

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