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.

More info The Defence Forces’ elite fighting unit is to get a new €46 million base ... operators to Afghanistan to rescue more than 200 Irish citizens from the chaos of Kabul Airport.

IRELAND’S Defence Forces special ops unit are set to get a new €46 million headquarters ... In 2021, the Rangers were deployed to Kabul to evacuate Irish citizens after the Taliban had taken ...

Proposals for a new state-of-the-art headquarters and training centre for Ireland’s Special Operations Force is due to be brought before the Cabinet on Tuesday. Minister for defence Simon Harris ...

Ireland is set to join the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) group, a consortium of 10 European countries with substantial coastal areas, and the country’s defence force ... the Irish ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.