Senior Irish cabinet members have recently insisted Ireland needs to increase it's defence spending.
A midlands security analyst believes Ireland could spend "33" times more money on our defence forces and it would still be deficient.
Senior Irish cabinet members have recently insisted Ireland needs to increase it's defence spending in the face of the threat of Russia towards member states of the European Union.
Security and defence analyst Mullingar's Declan Power believes we can talk about neutrality all we like, bad actors will still take advantage of our lax approach.
He says Ireland needs to be prepared for hybrid warfare:
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