Irish Examiner view: Certainty on cyber defence is paramount

There is no guarantee of the passage through the Dáil of those laws before the summer recess, even though the director of the National Cyber Security Centre says they are 'absolutely' needed

Throughout our six-month term of office, we can expect — and will get — multiple attempted breaches of our national cybersecurity systems by malign individuals and groupings trying to cause reputational and tangible damage to Ireland’s presidency and the EU as a whole.

Such is the unpredictable and multi-faceted nature of world politics at the moment, it can reasonably be expected that malevolent forces will try to take advantage of any opportunity to sow fear and to wreak havoc upon those who have failed to protect themselves against cyber threats.

So it will be during Ireland’s forthcoming presidency of the EU, which begins on July 1.