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Ireland stands at a pivotal moment where the lessons of our past and the uncertainties of tomorrow demand clear-eyed reflection and prudent action. For decades, neutrality was mis-sold as defencelessness, our Defence Forces were pared back in the belief that peace was permanent and threats were far away.

Many years ago, Edna O’Brien wrote a wonderful book called August is a Wicked Month. That book, of course, referred to lover-like dilemmas, sex, and all sorts of other possibilities and probabilities. But it doesn’t take from the title, which we can correctly interpret now as applying to this month of August.