Ireland plans to become a ‘key international connectivity hub’

Government’s next National Risk Assessment will identify damage to undersea infrastructure as a key national level risk following public survey

'We must cooperate and coordinate in terms of issues like cybersecurity, maritime security, protecting subsea cables that are vital to our economic wellbeing,' Tánaiste said

Deals with the British and EU to protect our seaboard mean we are no longer truly neutral, but we can’t fight for ourselves either, writes Defence Correspondent Sean O’Riordan