Great to be back at NMCI today!

The IMO Symposium on maritime #CyberSecurity is now open! 🚢 IMO's Director of Maritime Safety Division, Hiroyuki Yamada, emphasized the need to protect our increasingly digitalized maritime industry. Safeguarding the resilience of our maritime infrastructure is crucial. #Safety

Ireland is "“inadequately resourced to monitor or respond to potential threats” says Coventry University Research and Innovation's Robert McCabe in a new The Guardian article about #SubSea infrastructure and security. Read more about the security of transatlantic cables: theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

Ireland and UK to strengthen maritime security ties amid rising threats irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4158…

Two overlapping stories on Ireland's maritime security - the first on concerns at pace of our first national maritime security strategy - announced in Nov 2023 and against background of rising threats to undersea cables with comments from range of experts irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4158…

Roberta O’Brien has made history as the first woman to achieve the rank of Commander in the Naval Service & we caught up with her at Naval HQ in Cork on #RTENationwide Friday 7th March RTÉ One 7pm Irish Naval Service Óglaigh na hÉireann CorkHour Cork Beo EchoLive.ie Cork Independent RTÉ RT

On #InternationalWomensDay, IMO celebrates the achievements of women in maritime while advocating for greater gender equality & inclusivity. Through our #WomenInMaritime programme, we continue to drive meaningful change & increase women’s participation in the industry. #IWD2025

New maritime security unit to address threats to Ireland rte.ie/news/2025/0321… via RTÉ

Two-page special report today on the urgent need to invest in security to protect our gas pipelines and electricity cables. irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

Steps (many of them dusted down) to improve maritime security... irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight…

Denmark will acquire a new seaborne surveillance vessel designed specifically to protect CUI (critical underwater infrastructure)

I have a new article published with MaritimeStudies on the #maritime dimension of #Brexit narratives. It can be viewed for free here: rdcu.be/elhxj. If anyone would like a PDF version, please feel free to contact me privately. #fisheries #smallboats #coastal

“Without maritime security, there can be no global security.” – António Guterres calls for efforts to support and secure maritime spaces, and the communities and people counting on them. un.org/sg/en/content/…

'Ireland needs fresh strategy to protect its extensive maritime area'  irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4163…

Securing UK Subsea Infrastructure: Information-sharing in times of crisis - Coventry University, Robert McCabe 🌊 Securing the UK’s subsea infrastructure means better crisis communication. This project builds a framework for multi-actor info-sharing during maritime security incidents.

More than 60 world leaders, government delegations, marine experts, climate activists, businesses and community representatives are meeting in Nice for the United Nations Ocean Conference rte.ie/news/2025/0609…

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The Department of Defence is developing its new National Maritime Security Strategy. We would like your views on our proposed strategic and organisational goals. To participate, please complete the short survey here: bit.ly/4mZa1w8 #HaveYourSay #Survey #Strategy

🚨 The Western Indian Ocean Maritime Emergency Contact Map Available on the Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean (MSCIO), it includes the network of maritime stakeholders across the region. Download the document here ⤵️ mscio.eu/mscio-products… #MaritimeSecurityProvider

Work has begun to lay the underwater cable for the first electricity interconnector between Ireland and mainland Europe rte.ie/news/ireland/2…