Let's be real. If Russia ever targets Irish undersea cables, we will turn to the Royal Navy

The lack of seriousness with which we have taken our own security is illustrated by the fact that we spend less than 0.3 per cent of our GDP on defence. Photograph: Cyril Byrne The hollowness of Irish neutrality is more apparent by the day, as the Russian threat to the European Union becomes ever more ominous and the prospect of the United States abandoning its Nato allies under a resurgent President Trump looms. Speaking at the Munich security conference last weekend, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar recognised reality by accepting there was a possibility that there could be an administration in Washington…