Investment in upgrading our Defence Forces can be of economic benefit to local communities where barracks are located and we ...

IRELAND’S military stands at just 7,500 soldiers – 2,000 troops below the required strength to protect the country. Decades of under investment, poor pay and conditions have resulted in our ...

ALMOST one in 10 Defence Forces ... new figures reveal. But the overall number in the Army, Navy and Air Corp has stabilised slightly at 7,557 last year compared to 7,550 in 2023. However, the ...

Financial reporting season for the calendar year of 2024 has continued to show substantial growth for defence companies as countries across the world, particularly those in Europe, open the chequebook ...

The European Union (EU) needs to continue to increase spending on defence, focus on air and missile defence, improve access ...

Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe”, suggesting the continent could not rely on Donald ...

Briefing material for the new Minister for Defence, Tánaiste Simon Harris, set out how meeting the Commission on Defence Forces' recommended ... Last month, The Irish Times reported that a ...

Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an “army of Europe”, suggesting the continent could not rely on Donald ...

Workers clearing a fallen tree in Dublin as ESB networks continue to reconnect homes and businesses across the country after ...

Minister for Housing James Browne, whose department takes the lead in such emergencies, said arrangements had been put in place to make personnel and equipment from the Defence Forces, the Civil ...

The triple lock is the mechanism under which more than 12 members of the Irish Defence Forces can be deployed ... The UN has not agreed a new peace keeping mission since 2014.