TODAY HAS BEEN a landmark for the Irish Defence Forces soldiers as they received their United Nations service medals at an early morning ceremony in Camp Faouar. From a young 20-year-old due to ...

AN IRISH ARMY officer has become the latest to be honoured by the Ukrainian Government for the work of Irish soldiers helping Ukrainian troops prepare for the frontline. The army officer was ...

The incident happened on the day Irish Defence Forces commemorate twenty five years ... O'Sullivan Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) and senior army officers. Later a ceremony was held at Collins ...

Taoiseach Jack Lynch announces in an August 1969 broadcast that the Irish Army will set up field hospitals along the border In addition, the Defence Forces lacked heavy armour, air cover and naval ...