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 ...

Ireland is considering changing the main tenets of its defence policies as the country grapples with an identified crisis over its traditional pillars of foreign affairs and security, and it may need ...

Out of 708 new recruits hired last year, just 40 were female as the backlash from the recent sexual and bullying scandal hits home ...

The soldiers, part of the 1st Armoured Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, were on a tactical training exercise when ...

RUSSIA'S General Armageddon was caught by US spies calling for using tactical nuclear weapons in a heart-stopping ... if Kyiv ...

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

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), in Myanmar to aid search and rescue efforts following the massive earthquake that struck the country on March 28, rescued a man trapped ...

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 ...

Japan is home to more than 50,000 US troops. Tokyo last week launched the Japan joint operations command (JJOC), whose mission is to co-ordinate Japanese ground, maritime and air self-defence forces, ...

The move could give Russian president Vladimir Putin every reason to delay discussions about pausing the fighting in favour of seeking more land, the Ukrainian officials said, renewing their country’s ...

Tánaiste Simon Harris paid tribute to Defence Force members while visiting Camp Shamrock in South Lebanon. Tánaiste Simon Harris has met with members of the Defence Forces, including personnel ...

The commander of the Irish Defence Forces has spoken of his pride at leading the organisation during his last overseas trip in the role. Lieutenant General Sean Clancy hosted Tanaiste and Minister ...