A Russian intelligence-gathering vessel has now left Ireland's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) after being monitored by the Defence Forces for two days. Tánaiste and defence minister Simon Harris ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 100th cadet class in the history of the Irish Defence Forces is entering a period of global uncertainty that few of any of its predecessors have faced. The realisation that Europe can no ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

One of the Defence Forces’ newest aircraft spent almost 40pc of the last year undergoing maintenance in Spain. The Irish Air Corps received two Airbus C295 maritime surveillance aircraft in 2023 ...

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 ...

The boy told gardai when arrested: "I did it to protest the Irish Defence Forces and their work in Mali and all the stuff for Islam", the Central Criminal Court heard. The priest said while he can ...