Reliance on US multinationals, risky energy supply, and low defence spending are all symptoms of insufficient adptation to the new world order among Irish political leaders.
The Irish firm was acquired by controversial US defence tech company Anduril this year, which has rebranded the company’s communications gear and brought it deeper into the fold.
With over 1,000 employees, the security company is preparing to file overdue accounts with new directors and auditors. The company has provided partial answers to questions on this process.
The new Garda commissioner overcame a gruelling recruitment process and a costly pension glitch. This is nothing in comparison to the task ahead.
The case of Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney is the first known instance of the controversial technology being used against journalists in the UK and Ireland.
The British inquiry into the atrocity concludes its initial series of commemorative hearings this Wednesday. Despite the Irish Government’s assurances of support for the process, the dynamic of the Good Friday Agreement at the time means it will fall a long way short.
The last Cold War ended in 1990. Ireland no longer is the irrelevant backwater it was then. Greater focus and resources on defending the State, its people and its economy should reflect its new dangerous environment.
Gardaí and Gsoc have sizeable contracts with Cellebrite, a company with links to Israel’s security forces.
Private equity is pumping huge sums of money into the creation of autonomous killing machines which have no human intervention whatsoever. The practice is raising ethical questions but as long as the profits are there it will continue.
Small states don’t count for much on the global stage. That means that there are inherent vulnerabilities Ireland must deal with if it is to prosper. But how?
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