Minister for Defence admits Ireland is ‘lagging behind’ in terms of military spendingOpens in new window ] As it stands, the Defence Forces does not have the ability to defend comprehensively ...

IRELAND’s first military radar system is to be rolled ... The Commission on the Defence Forces in 2022 recommended that the roll-out of a primary radar system is treated as a top priority ...

Plans are in place to increase Ireland’s air defence by rolling out the country’s first ever military radar programme. Tánaiste and Defence Minister Simon Harris is expected to bring a memo to Cabinet ...

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 threats within European waters.

Navy and Air Corps out of a combined force of 7,502 - representing a mere 7.5 per cent of the total Irish military. The figures were released by the Defence Minister Simon Harris in reply to a ...

Depending on its performance, the equipment, or a version of it, may be adopted by the rest of the Defence Forces as part of the Government’s plans to modernise the Irish military. The new ...

More info The Defence Forces’ elite fighting ... like the Queen when she visited Ireland in 2011. But the unit is also active abroad in more traditional military roles and has seen service ...

The Irish Defence Forces has been monitoring a Russian intelligence ... Ireland’s defensive readiness from a military point of view,” he added. He stressed that Ireland’s waters are regarded ...

urged the Government to follow through on its promise to back the Armed Forces Covenant. The Lib Dem MP, who previously served in the Royal Military Police, said: “Our military personnel put ...