Housing remains far and away the biggest concern in every opinion poll. The Government is under pressure to allocate funds to alleviate the housing crisis, alongside health.
Marcus Willet, senior cyber advisor at IISS, explains that offensive cyber operations focus on influencing and misleading adversaries, involving tactics like planting false information and potential disablement.
After the Second World War, the United States approved funding - which would eventually rise to more than $12 billion - for the rebuilding of western Europe. Known as the Marshall Plan, it was not merely an act of generosity. It was a calculated effort to rebuild economies, stabilize democracies and contain the spread of extremism. Building resilient societies abroad will similarly make people safer in their own nations today.
Investing in understanding our vulnerabilities instead of increasing defense spending would ultimately provide better security for Ireland in a world of escalating threats.
