It is unlikely that any of these will make their way into the final strategy — but a good strategy teases out all ideas. When I was a student myself, we used to joke that the only thing that got in the way of college life was college itself! The same principle must surely apply to student life. Picture: Maxwell'sHaving read the most recent Defence Strategy Statement 2025-2028, I can assure him that unnecessary expenditure on “things that go bang” is certainly not planned. This will require greater ambition than that demonstrated in the aforementioned Irish Defence Strategy Statement.

Source: Irish Examiner February 27, 2026 01:18 UTC