Ireland is “probably the most vulnerable” in Europe from a defence point of view, a major security conference has been told. He said that if governments wanted a proper air defence system they could not just be “half in” to that objective. Giving the opening address at the conference, Minister with responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe cited work the Government had done in establishing the National Security Analysis Centre, which was now developing the country's first national security strategy. “The threats in the cyber domain and from espionage have been assessed as increasing since 2015,” he told the conference. Today, there are sessions on cyber security, the Garda transformation programme, maritime security and intelligence.

Source: Irish Examiner February 26, 2020 00:00 UTC