Opinion: As the EU prepares for war, Ireland sticks its head in the sand irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0… via Irish Times Opinion

‘Ireland must seize opportunities presented by major off-shore projects.’

NMCI Head Of College, Paul Hegarty, speaks to TheJournal.ie about expanding facilities & courses at NMCI to support Ireland's renewable energy goals.
jrnl.ie/6252965 #NMCI 20 #NMCI #MTU #GWO #ORE

.United Nations Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix will travel to the Middle East to visit United NationsIFIL_, #UNTSO & United NationsDOF over the coming week & hear from peacekeepers amidst difficult times.

Find out more about these missions 👉 peacekeeping.un.org/en/where-we-op…

Shut up and take my money!

Artificial Intelligence's Threat to Democracy: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Most educated countries:

South Korea 🇰🇷: 69%
Canada 🇨🇦: 67%
Japan 🇯🇵: 65%
Ireland 🇮🇪: 63%
Russia 🇷🇺: 62%
Luxembourg 🇱🇺: 60%
Lithuania 🇱🇹: 58%
UK 🇬🇧: 57%
Netherlands 🇳🇱: 56%
Norway 🇳🇴: 56%
Australia 🇦🇺: 56%
Sweden 🇸🇪: 52%
Belgium 🇧🇪: 51%
Switzerland 🇨🇭: 51%
United States 🇺🇸: 51%…

“Stop crying,” Rick Rescorla told his wife, on 9/11. “I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier. You made my life.” #NewYorkerArchive nyer.cm/ixGodDR

American influence: Ireland must focus on economic security as arena of vulnerability. Good piece, highlighting future potential threats that the state may face.

irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

31 Aug: International Women in Cyber Day. 2/Lt Kellegher and 2/Lt O'Neill, 1 CIS Company, Collins Barracks CORK, taking the lead. 'No Comms No Mission.'

Great to see the newest members of the CIS Corps competing at the highest level. #BeMore

The situation in Lebanon and for UNIFIL is getting more dangerous. The rhetoric of Hezbollah, attacks on UNIFIL have already had terrible consequences. We - especially in Ireland - need to pay attention. Óglaigh na hÉireann

crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

#PeaceBegins with Innovation! ✨

The Strategy for the Digital Transformation of United Nations Peacekeeping aims to:

✅Foster innovation
✅Maximize tech potential
✅Enhance the security of peacekeepers
✅Guarantee the ethical utilization of tech

#A4P #PK75

More👉ow.ly/Irfe50PBylZ

Thousands using personal cell phones, tablets for official Army work c4isrnet.com/battlefield-te…

I wrote about how A.I. is going to make targeted disinformation more sophisticated and effective for WIRED
wired.com/story/generati…

🚨🧵New RUSI report ‘Cyber Insurance and the Ransomware Challenge’ by Jamie MacColl, James Sullivan, Jason R.C. Nurse, Sarah Turner, Gareth Mott, Edward Cartwright and Anna Cartwright, details the role of cyber insurance in the ransomware epidemic.
rusi.org/explore-our-re…

Democracies must learn the lessons of this new kind of industrial combat—or risk losing to armies that do econ.st/44NVXM8

Great blog post by the UK's NCSC on the impact of cyber security policies on people who use assistive technologies. If not thought through properly, these can be a real limiter.

Defence Forces charity adds contactless technology to fundraisers this weekend

The Irish #DefenceForces #veterans ' #charity , ONE, has announced the introduction of new technologies to boost fundraising efforts... for  #SleepingFlags  campaign.

Read here: westmeathindependent.ie/2023/07/28/def…

nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/new-…

Interesting comments by Brig Gen White on the challenges faced by peacekeepers in the information space #disinformation