Government begins project to raise resilience of State services to disasters and attacks

Flooding in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, in January. The National Strategy on the Resilience of Critical Entities 2026-2029 seeks to strengthen essential services in the State against natural disasters, terrorist attacks, public health emergencies, and sabotage. File picture: Niall Carson/PA

The Government has launched a strategy to strengthen essential services in the State against natural disasters, terrorist attacks, public health emergencies, and sabotage.

Authorities are under pressure to identify all such services — across a massive range of sectors — to the European Commission in just four months.