Awesome as always. Rock on Tej!

This chart shows a 6% annual rate, not 3%?

Yes. Here are the new figures from the CSO today on this, a few months ahead of schedule. Bigger deficit last year (for what the GDP data are worth).
www.cso.ie/en/releasesa...

Same, and from a very low starting point.

It didn't really feature in the election at the end of November, but a general intention to spend more on defence would probably have a plurality of voter support I'd imagine.

Well that is generous, I always apologise to anyone when walking through this stuff.

Fair. And on behalf of our statistics, I apologise.

*July 2024, sorry

If you adjust Ireland up by ~1.75 (since the GNI* is more relevant than GDP), it would bring that data point closer to the line and I suppose strengthen the correlation somewhat.

Right on pw