AN explosive new survey has revealed fury in Ireland’s Defence Forces with one in four experiencing “unacceptable behaviour” ...

The Defence Forces will fall years short of plans to strengthen its numbers as global security threats change radically and ...

The Defence Forces will pay close to €1million to survey our troops every year for five years as they go to war with a ...

Two years ago, we wrote in these pages about the sorry state of Irish defense and security that, we have on good authority, prompted a question on the matter to the then Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar ...

A €91.7 million contract to replace Ireland’s existing EC135 fleet was awarded to Airbus Helicopters, with deliveries to commence in 2027. Ireland’s EC135s have been in service since 2003, with the ...

Ireland’s military has concentrated on peacekeeping missions under the auspices of the United Nations in the Middle East and Africa. Credit: iStock/Stephen Barnes After visiting the Republic of ...

Catherine Connolly has been criticised for her claims that Ireland ‘does not need an army’ during a Dáil debate last year. If elected President, Ms Connolly will automatically become head of the Irish ...

A group of Irish Defence Forces veterans have set off on a 170km march along Ireland’s historic Famine Trail, raising vital funds for Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann (ONE), a national charity supporting ...

The ARW was officially activated on March 16, 1980 (which means that these very words are being typed on the unit’s forty-fifth birthday). Although an Army unit, personnel from the Naval Service and ...

Two convoys of vehicles from the Irish Defence Forces' stock have arrived in Poland for donation to Ukraine, Ireland's Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Simon Harris TD, confirmed today, Thursday, ...