Cormac O'Keeffe: The struggle between ambition and reality in the defence of the nation

Security Correspondent Cormac O'Keeffe looks through the Government's action plan to overhaul the Defence Forces against what an expert commission recommended.

We will have to wait until January 2023 to see an implementation plan for the action plan to improve the Defence Forces. Picture: Colin Keegan / Collins Photo Agency Dublin

It’s difficult to weigh up the Government’s plan to “transform” the Defence Forces.

As spelt out in the Irish Examiner, this is in large part due to the fact that what the Government launched was an “action plan” in response to the report of the Commission on the Defences Forces (CDF).