Irish Navy ‘will be world’s smartest, most innovative and responsive’

Ireland will have the “smartest, most innovative and responsive” navy in the world within the next few years.

That’s according to the Navy’s boss, who says this will be achieved through further education of his 950-stong force and a number of collaborations with research agencies and big business.

It’s probably just as well because the Navy will come under increasing pressure in the years ahead to protect government-led initiatives to increase acquaculture and the recovery of energy sources from the State’s near one million sq kms of sea.