Undersea cables and pipelines are hugely significant for Ireland, but the thousands of kilometres of pipelines around the island’s shores are also of global significance.
With about 75% of transatlantic cables coming through Irish waters, the country has been identified as a significant ‘choke point’ by a UN expert as a result.
Vice Admiral and former Defence Forces chief of staff Doctor Mark Mellett said that it is in the Irish State’s best interest to protect these cables, which are largely put down by private companies.
“We only need to look back in the last month or two on Éowyn, the impact of that storm and what…