Ireland s new international role with the UN at risk due to its inadequate defence capabilities
A leading expert has warned that Ireland is potentially vulnerable to threats to our seas and airspace because of its lack of defensive capabilities.
Dr Patrick Keatinge said issues such as inadequate recruitment and retention of personnel are challenging the capacity of the Irish Defence Forces to follow through the country s newly enhanced international role as an elected member of the UN Security Council. Picture: Neil Michael
Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 20:30
Cormac O’Keeffe
Ireland’s new international status with its two-year stint on the UN Security Council is being put at risk because of the “capacity” of the Defence Forces, the “material conditions” of its members, and the need for organisational reform, a leading expert has warned.
Decision to deny top academic entry into race to become Trinity s first female provost draconian
TCD has so far refused to disclose its reasons for not allowing Dr Sarah Alyn-Stacey to go before its 800-plus electors
Trinity has so far refused to disclose its reasons for not allowing Dr Sarah Alyn-Stacey to go before its 800-plus electors. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins
Mon, 08 Feb, 2021 - 20:30
Daniel McConnell, Political Editor
A decision to deny a top academic entry into the race to become Trinity’s first female provost has been blasted as “draconian and disproportionate”.
Dr Sarah Alyn-Stacey, a French lecturer and known advocate for academic freedom was, following a hearing last Thursday of an internal committee, refused entry from the race to succeed Paddy Prendergast as head of Ireland’s oldest university.