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# Ireland launches first National Maritime Security Strategy for undersea cables
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-02-25-ireland-maritime-security-strategy/
- Published: 2026-02-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:51:05.000Z
- Description: Defence Minister Helen McEntee launched Ireland's first National Maritime Security Strategy 2026-2030, a five year plan naming protection of undersea cables and interconnectors with France and the UK across its 420,000 square kilometre exclusive economic zone.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Policy and law, Defence and space, #news, #reported

Reported [RTE.ie, 25 February 2026](https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0225/1560362-maritime-strategy/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not commit specific funding or new naval assets to cable protection.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Strategy launch only, no funding or assets committed for cables. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)