Irish Examiner view: Investment in Defence Forces is needed now

Under Simon Coveney's plans, the Defence Forces would get a hugely increased cyber capability and a primary radar system which would allow it to monitor our skies properly for the first time

Defence Minister Simon Coveney is intending to recommend to the Cabinet something which is being described as ‘Level of Ambition 2.5'. File picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

In light of the current worldwide security issues and the growing focus on Ireland's neutrality, there seems to be little benefit in taking three years to increase much-needed spending on our Defence Forces.

This is the amount of time the Department of Defence believes it will take to implement the recommendations published in February by the Commission on the Defence Forces which concluded that our army, navy, and air corps are incapable of credibly defending the country against attack.