"Time to cop on". Six years on from the Policing Commission report, Ireland still has no National Security Strategy and there has been little of the recommended "urgent" expansion of Garda Intelligence. irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

Recent events should be a wake-up call to the threats to 🇮🇪 national security. Cormac O'Keeffe in today's Irish Examiner Despite the government indicating that budgets would be increased, the pace of improvement is negligible, with numbers declining. Simon Harris TD

A Government paralysed by fear of upsetting the vocally insincere & the disingenuous Appeasing loud disruptors has consistently been easier than challenging their disinformation & scaremongering In 🇮🇪, those who shout the loudest are listened to primarily

The Ukrainian attack into #Kursk, now into its 3rd week, was a tactical & operational surprise for the Russians. But the Ukrainians also surprised their supporters in the West. And part of the reason is that many Western nations can’t conceive of such audacity in the modern

The State has approached approximately 30 governments seeking to buy military hardware including sonar, radar, helicopters and armoured personnel carriers to speed up the rejuvenation of the Defence Forces. Read more here: jrnl.ie/6469317t

Croatia paid €1.15 billion for 12 used ones.

Despite many warnings over many years regarding the Irish Naval Service, it has come to this. It's open season on our waters, with apparently little concern or meaningful action by the government. It's simply unacceptable. Simon Harris TD Micheál Martin Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD

The EU will soon have a Defence Commissioner, Von der Leyen confirms jrnl.ie/6475262

🚨 A ‘bombshell’ report released this week recommends 🇨🇭 work on a "common defense capability" with the 🇪🇺 and NATO 🇨🇭has been hardline neutral since 1515 but now recognises the importance of defending Western values 🇮🇪 are you watching? politico.eu/article/switze…

Experts including diplomats, senior officials, a former head of the Swiss army and former director of the Munich Security Conference recommend Swiss government that the neutral country work on a "common defense capability" with the EU and NATO. admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil…

A poignant ceremony at Arc de Triomphe #Paris. Members of An Garda Síochána Óglaigh na hÉireann Irish Embassy Paris attended the wreath laying by Niall Burgess to honour #Irish who fought in #France. It’s believed it’s the first time the Irish National anthem was played at this historic site

“it has emerged that a €1.6m contract has been awarded to employ 4 instructors to the Defence Forces’ Ordinance School, much to the dismay of PDForra representative association for enlisted personnel. Again,this is due to specialists exiting the military” irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4146…

Shocked I tell you 🤣 irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

I find it deeply embarrassing that my country has been left to rely on friends to cover our #defence & #security needs. Donald Tusk asked #Taoiseach Simon Harris TD to get real on protecting our skies. The Commission on the Defence Forces recommended the purchase of Primary Radar over 2 years ago. What

Given our history, we of all people should understand the importance of intervening ‘left of boom’. 💥 Deter, detect & disrupt early. Lack of a parliamentary oversight committee for Intelligence & Security makes 🇮🇪 a significant outlier. This should be rectified in next Dáil.

These lads pluck numbers ("500k foreigners") from the top of their heads, with the obligatory dehumanising, xenophobic language. Aside from that, they don't seem to understand the difference between immigration and net migration. I'll go through the real migration figures. /1

Great images 📸 of the Irish 🇮🇪 Irish Naval Service ship #LÉJAMESJOYCE undertaking a routine #PASSEX with NATO Maritime Command Testing nteroperability and sharing best practice in various aspects of Naval Operations….👇

There we are, 12th on the list. Good ole "neutral" Ирландия 🇮🇪

Every runner's mouth, after they've taken an energy gel during a long run 🤣

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