Somme, 11 September 1916 - The extraordinary achievement of Irish troops in seizing the French villages of Guillemont and Ginchy has drawn plaudits from military and press observers who have been ...

AN IRISH ARMY officer deployed in Hungary with the EU Battlegroup has said he and his fellow troops are part of the “European ...

A new headquarters for elite Irish soldiers is to be built in Co Kildare for €46 million. Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Simon Harris will bring a memo on the project to Cabinet on Tuesday.

More than 6,000 “modern” body armour units are being acquired for Irish soldiers, the Tánaiste has said. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence Simon Harris said that a €16.5 million ...

Directed by Richie Smyth, the film follows approximately 150 Irish soldiers, most of whom had never fought, who are sent into the Democratic Republic of Congo where a civil war was raging.