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 ...

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.

One of the Defence Forces’ newest aircraft spent almost 40pc of the last year undergoing maintenance in Spain. The Irish Air Corps ... and communication equipment” on board.

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 ...

Under the plans, which form part of a large increase in military investment and capability, the Defence Forces ... Irish military operations from cyber threats at home and abroad, the new command ...

Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Defence Simon Harris has given the Irish Defence Forces approval to formally ... at sea at a time of new and evolving maritime threats.

Under the current system, Ireland cannot deploy any more than 12 Defence Forces ... traditional equipment side of things. Pat O’Connor, co-founder and managing director of Irish technology ...

There are 339 Irish Defence ... force" that had "failed to prevent Hezbollah from establishing itself". At the same time, UNFIL was accused by Hezbollah of acting as spies for Israel. The new ...

The Department of Defence has advertised for a Defence Forces civilian cyber defence lead ... “report directly” to the commander in the new structure. The first step in the creation of the ...

The combined bands of the Irish Defence Forces will perform in the Sligo Park ... an annual round-up of new and game-changing stays assembled over several months — and a selection that, each ...