The Defence Forces has taken possession of a new “strategic reach” aircraft which will be capable of flying to the west coast ...

The Defence Forces took the “correct decision” not to shoot down unidentified drones that appeared off the Irish coast during ...

Drones came within 500m of an Irish naval ship during Zelenskiy’s visit, but the Defence Forces and Taoiseach have said ...

The Government's €1.7bn defence spending plan, announced this week, comes at a time when there is a widespread perception that Ireland lags far behind its neighbours when it comes to defence 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, ...

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 ...

An Irish Air Corps surveillance plane was dispatched earlier this morning to an area off the west coast as two Russian ...

MICHEÁL MARTIN SAYS there has been too much “squeamish debate” around Ireland working with NATO other countries’ military ...

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, told an RTÉ reporter on Tuesday, October 8 that Israeli forces have left the area near where Irish troops are stationed in Lebanon.

Irish Defence Forces personnel guarding a US military aircraft at Shannon Airport drew their weapons after three pro-Palestinian activists allegedly breached security. The protesters sprayed the plane ...

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 ...

Over 5,000 kilometres away in Camp Shamrock, 360 Irish soldiers are deployed as part of the United Nations Interim Force in ...