Conor King: Manning up to our defence responsibility

The Irish Defence Forces have never been weaker, but a new commission provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform and modernise it, writes Conor King

Members of the Irish Defence forces at a Covid-19 testing facility at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Picture PA

Ireland has never had a greater need for a strong and resilient Defence Forces as part of our State’s security apparatus. 

We are facing into an uncertain post-Brexit future, in the midst of a devastating pandemic, and about to assume our seat on the United Nations Security Council, but our Defence Forces, and consequently Ireland’s security has never been weaker.