The cyber attack on the HSE highlighted the vulnerability of the State’s cybersecurity defences. Ireland's success in attracting multinationals exposes it to significant reputational risk and it is up to the State to put the right protection in place.
The US policy of "my way or the highway" has dramatically failed in the Gulf States as Russia and China become firmly embedded across the Middle East. The long-term consequences for the West are significant.
Last year, LetterOne was forced to cut ties with some of its Russian founders following the invasion of Ukraine. It is now financing one of Ireland’s fastest-growing institutional landlords.
The flight of Western capital from Russia since its invasion of Ukraine has so far been replaced with inflows from other partners led by China. The real threat for Moscow lies in the longer-term effects of shrinking investment.
They say their insurance policies were meant to pay out in 90 days for aeroplanes lost by acts of war. Yet nearly a year after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, some of the world's largest aircraft lessors are fighting tooth and nail for compensation.
Four Cypriot-registered companies say they have been left in limbo over a €130 million charter deal with the Irish-registered but Russian-owned leasing company GTLK Europe.
When European sanctions hit aircraft leasing companies’ Russian contracts, they stood to lose everything. Co-ordinated industry and diplomatic lobbying resulted in their insurers being on the hook instead, new documents reveal.
Following recent missed payments on debts totalling $2.75 billion, bondholders including a British investment firm with Irish connections are considering their options against GTLK Europe.
Oleh Derevianko has been at the frontier of Russia's cyber warfare against Ukraine for years. His company's defences are holding off Russia's hackers for now, but the major concern is what malware could already have been planted and is waiting to strike in this hybrid war.
Germans retain a vivid idea of what Total War actually means and the remnants of this occasionally re-appear. But are the country's conversations about Russia's war against Ukraine leading to a clarity absent in Ireland?
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