Simon Harris orders officials to speed up planned purchases of radar and sonar technology due to threat of Russian naval ...

Ireland is set to become a member of an alliance of European nations that shares intelligence on potential threats in EU ...

Ireland will join a new European Military alliance today, days after Russian intelligence-gathering ship the Viktor Leonov spent time in Irish waters. The alliance of European nations will share ...

Defence sources said the Beckett has attempted to hail the Leonov and establish its purpose in Irish-controlled waters. The ...

Ireland is scaling up its maritime security, with the Defence Forces set to join a European intelligence-sharing pact. Tánaiste Simon Harris has also directed officials in the Department of Defence to ...

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris has said that a Russian intelligence-gathering ship has "left our area ...

Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision. Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin, at the helm of one of the new Irish Naval Service IPVs, accompanied Commander Tony O’Leary; Lieutenant ...

Only two of the eight ships in the Irish Naval Service are able to carry out offshore patrols A politician has said the situation could have a negative impact on Ireland's security The navy said ...

The vessel was attempting to leave Irish waters when it was intercepted in the early hours of Tuesday morning. It is understood that a Naval Service vessel had to fire warning shots to stop the ...

The Irish Naval Service is continuing to monitor a suspected Russian “shadow fleet” tanker that has sailed from the south-west coast, near the location of transatlantic data cables ...