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 ...

Colonel Roger Hugh Charles Donlon was the first American soldier to receive the Medal of Honor for his heroism in Vietnam — ...

Asked about the more than four-month period in Spain, the Defence Forces said the plane was undergoing scheduled maintenance ...

The Irish Defence Forces are set to upgrade their protective gear with a €16.5M contract for 6,105 advanced body armor systems.

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.

A defence source hailed Gen Jenkins’ leadership and war-fighting experience as commander of the SBS. The dad-of-three brokered defence deals with Norway and Germany recently as a strategic ...

Later Saturday, though, U.S. President Donald Trump maintained an aggressive tone, telling NBC News that “I never take military force off the table” in regards to acquiring Greenland.

The new body armour system, designed in-house by a Defence Forces team, is expected to provide greater protection against ballistics and fragmentation. It has been designed so it can be modified ...

The Niger Republic has withdrawn an international force fighting armed Islamist groups ... about 40 soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base. And the Niger Republic has become ...

The president told NBC News’ Kristen Welker in an interview “I never take military force off the table. But I think there’s a good possibility that we could do it without military force ...

Later Saturday, though, U.S. President Donald Trump maintained an aggressive tone, telling NBC News that “I never take military force off the table" in regards to acquiring Greenland.

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 ...