Meet the man tasked with getting to grips with Ireland’s maritime security

Robert McCabe, who is leading the new maritime security research project at the NMCI, says events in the Middle East and closer to home underline the international importance of that work

Robert McCabe has been appointed to lead the new maritime security research project at the National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) at Ringaskiddy in Cork Harbour. Picture: Larry Cummins

The Strait of Hormuz is a long way from Ireland — almost 7,000km away. But what goes on there, as we have seen, flows all around the world, even to Ireland.

As the man recently tasked by the Government to get to grips with Ireland’s maritime security, Robert McCabe is very conscious of the connection.