Jack Dougherty was just 21 years old in 1945 when he and fellow soldiers came across something they could not fathom — the Dachau concentration camp.

The Irish government has said membership of a European maritime alliance will not undermine the county's neutralityThe Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris has given the Irish Defence Forces ...

Providence native Jarek Marte’s life-changing enlistment led him to serve aboard USS Iwo Jima as a Navy weapons specialist.

Ireland is to join a European maritime intelligence network in response to the increasing numbers of Russian naval vessels travelling through Irish-controlled waters. Tánaiste and Minister for ...

For the first time, Chanel is becoming the official timekeeper and titular sponsor of the newly christened Chanel J12 Boat Race The piece of French naval uniform was designed with 21 stripes to ...

A lesser-known story is that of the Irish in the Russian navy. In 1736, while Limerick-born field-marshal Peter Lacy marched the Russian army into the Crimean peninsula, seizing the fortress of Azov ...

Attempts were made by the Irish Naval Service to communicate with the vessel to establish its purpose in the area, however the Viktor Leonov has not responded. The Viktor Leonov seen operating off ...

A Russian Navy intelligence-gathering ship has now left Irish-controlled waters, Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris has said. Speaking in Athlone on Friday, he said the Defence Forces ...

President John Mahama dressed in a naval uniform for the graduation ceremony of the Regular Career Course 63 officers The Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces looked impressive in the uniform ...

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A RUSSIAN SPY ship passing through the Atlantic off Ireland has seen an Irish naval ship and the Irish Air Corps despatched to monitor it. The Viktor Leonov, which is a sophisticated intelligence ...

A Russian Navy intelligence-gathering ship was being tracked through Irish-controlled waters yesterday after refusing to respond to communications from the Naval Service. We get more on this ...