Defence

Medicine-resistant infections the biggest risk facing Ireland, experts warn

Other threats include a pandemic, cyber attacks and disruption to critical supply chains, according to a new assessment

Micheál Martin, the tánaiste, said Ireland needed to adapt to threats from climate change more quickly. Picture: PA

Infections that are resistant to medicines are the biggest risk facing Ireland, according to an expert assessment.

The next biggest threats are a pandemic, cyber attacks and disruption to critical supply chains, according to Ireland’s National Risk Assessment.

The report aims to give direction to government on how to prepare for possible threats over the next three years.

Professor Caroline McMullan, the lead researcher of the academic project Futureproof.ie which helped with the assessment, said ...