Military personnel and garda believed the shell may have been live and had the potential to cause significant damage ...

A live army round has been recovered following a public appeal after a possible sighting near a walking trail in Co Wicklow.

Member of the public spotted an 84mm illumination round partially buried in the ground — but when gardaí searched the area, ...

That's because it's an urgent warning that their base, or territory close by, is under threat of a rocket or artillery attack. There are 339 Irish Defence Force members currently in south Lebanon ...

More info The Defence Forces’ elite fighting unit is to get ... And in 2021 it sent operators to Afghanistan to rescue more than 200 Irish citizens from the chaos of Kabul Airport.

IRELAND’S Defence Forces special ops unit are set to get a new €46 million headquarters and training centre. The Army Ranger Wing is a secretive elite unit in Ireland’s Defence Forces that ...

The Irish Defence Forces has paid tribute to Corporal Martin “Lebbie” O’Brien, who has died aged 41. He served 23 years in the Defence Forces and completed seven overseas trips, travelling ...

Mr Harris, who is also Defence Minister, is set to confirm today that the Irish Defence Forces will join an alliance with military and civil agencies from 10 other nations to share intelligence on ...

EU states have been negotiating in recent weeks about the immediate provision of an extra €5 billion in funding for Ukraine.

and Minister for Defence Simon Harris has given the Irish Defence Forces approval to formally join the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE). The government said CISE enabled more ...