urged the Government to follow through on its promise to back the Armed Forces Covenant. The Lib Dem MP, who previously ...

Depending on its performance, the equipment, or a version of it, may be adopted by the rest of the Defence Forces as part of the Government’s plans to modernise the Irish military. The new ...

is set to confirm today that the Irish Defence Forces will join an alliance with military and civil agencies from 10 other nations to share intelligence on threats within European waters.

Navy and Air Corps out of a combined force of 7,502 - representing a mere 7.5 per cent of the total Irish military. The figures were released by the Defence Minister Simon Harris in reply to a ...

The growing military cooperation between neutral Ireland and our nearest neighbour ... supply 6,105 modern ‘body armour’ suits for Defence Forces personnel. The first batch will be delivered ...

Minister for Defence admits Ireland is ‘lagging behind’ in terms of military spendingOpens in new window ] As it stands, the Defence Forces does not have the ability to defend comprehensively ...

The Irish Defence Forces has been monitoring a Russian intelligence ... Ireland’s defensive readiness from a military point of view,” he added. He stressed that Ireland’s waters are regarded ...

There are 339 Irish Defence Force members currently in south ... town or village, and there was a military force there, the first question you would ask is: 'What did you do to prevent that?'" ...

Peaceful protestors holding pillows to represent murdered Palestinian children were arrested last week in Dublin.

Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Defence Simon Harris has given the Irish Defence Forces approval to ... and share information with military and civilian maritime authorities ...