You can check out at any time. More info Irish women are giving the Defence Forces the cold shoulder, new figures have revealed. Out of 708 new recruits hired last year, just 40 were female as the ...

The Irish Defence Forces has been monitoring a Russian intelligence-gathering ship which was spotted operating off the Irish coast. The Viktor Leonov CCB-175 was spotted sailing through the Irish ...

A legal challenge over the awarding of the €30 million to €40 million contract to replace uniforms for the Irish Defence Forces has been withdrawn after it was decided to terminate the ...

A Defence Forces chaplain who was repeatedly stabbed by a teenage boy motivated by “a radicalised Islamic mindset” has told him he forgives him, with the priest and his attacker later ...

A Russian intelligence-gathering ship is being monitored by the Defence Forces off the Irish coast. It's understood that the LÉ Samuel Beckett was dispatched to monitor the vessel in recent days ...

There are 339 Irish Defence Force members currently in south Lebanon, and bunkering has been a feature of their 6-month tour of duty. For 113 of them, this is their first time serving overseas.

Commencing today, Tuesday, April 1, Irish Defence Forces personnel will be assisting An Garda Síochána in the ongoing search for the missing farmer. Up to 50 members combined from the 12th ...

The contract with Belgian company Seyntex NV which will supply 6,105 body “armour systems” and a possibility of 2,000 more units if required.

An orphanage supported for decades by the Irish Defence Forces in Lebanon is in “dire need” of help, according to its director. Dubbed "Ireland’s embassy" in south Lebanon because of its ...

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More info More than 100 Irish soldiers are in Hungary – for Europe’s biggest military exercise. These images show just some of the 139 members of the Defence Forces who are taking part in the ...