When Richard Bruton, the communications minister, says Ireland must take robust steps to protect its national infrastructure from cyber attacks, he is not crying wolf.

A cyber attack on a tech giant based in Ireland could have an “immediate” impact across the EU and even globally, according to the State’s new cyber strategy.

Joe Dermody looks at a selection of cyber security companies which IDA Ireland has helped establish in Ireland.

The Chinese telecoms giant battling claims it poses a security risk has said it has not been contacted by the Irish agency conducting a security review of proposed 5G systems.

The Government’s much-awaited second national cyber security strategy is due to be published in the coming weeks.

Update 8:11pm: Shipping group Maersk has been affected by the ongoing global cyber attack as its computer systems failed across multiple regions, including Ireland and the UK.

The HSE will continue to block external emails until late tomorrow following the international cyber attack which affected 200,000 computers in 150 countries.

The cyber specialist, known only as MalwareTech, registered a domain name that unexpectedly stopped the spread of the virus.

Theresa May said the British Government is not aware of any evidence that patient records have been compromised in the massive cyber attack on the NHS.

More than 50 priests in England and Wales have been defrocked for clerical sex abuse over the past 13 years, it has been revealed.

The Pope met today with five survivors of clerical sex abuse, the Catholic Church confirmed.