Irish Sun3d
Nearly one in 10 Irish Defence Forces members leaving every year as army left 2,000 members short, new figures reveal
ALMOST one in 10 Defence Forces members ... Navy and Air Corp has stabilised slightly at 7,557 last year compared to 7,550 in 2023. However, the Irish military is still 2,000 members short of ...
Irish Examiner3d
The Irish public are blissfully unaware that the Third World War has already begun
The sad fact is that, while we may be neutral, our Defence Forces ... The Air Corps has not got even one jet fighter interceptor capable of defending our air space. The Irish Naval Service vessel ...
Irish Sun6d
Watershed moment for Defence Forces over ‘gamechanger’ deal with extra payments & free flights in push for 2k new troops
The army, navy and air corps will now ... An Garda Síochana, and Irish defence decision makers to show how it could improve working life. Back then, the Defence Forces had 9,000 personnel ...
The Irish Times5d
Ireland must ‘get serious’ about defence and military security, says Taoiseach
The total strength of the Permanent Defence Forces, including Army Air Corps and Naval Service ... Last month, The Irish Times reported that a Naval Service vessel was forced to go on patrol ...
Irish Examiner5d
Air Corps grounds planes over safety concerns about bolt tightening procedures
The Air Corps has grounded a number of planes over safety concerns about how the nuts and bolts holding them together are tightened, the Irish Examiner can reveal. It is understood an internal ...
The Irish Times8d
State agrees €2m settlement in Air Corps chemical ‘tubbing’ case
The State has agreed to pay €2 million to a former Air Corps technician who was allegedly ... led tribunal established to examine how the Defence Forces dealt with allegations of misconduct ...
The Irish News14d
William pays visit to Ministry of Defence headquarters
The Prince of Wales has held a meeting at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in London. Heir to the throne William, a future head of the armed forces ... the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
The Irish News29d
UK troops touch down in Japan as countries’ defence ministers talk fighter jets
Meanwhile, Defence Secretary John Healey met his Japanese counterpart, Gen Nakatani, in London, where they discussed the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), which will see Japan, the UK and Italy ...
The Irish Echo1dOpinion
EDITORIAL: Ireland is Arming Up, Sort Of
Ireland can “no longer shy away from” defence, military and security capability and has to “get serious” about defending ...
Hosted on MSN19d
Crisis meeting among Defence Forces chiefs over ships going to sea without working guns
The Journal has learned that the head of the section in charge of Defence Forces weapons was sent to ... nothing new in the Naval Service or the Irish Air Corps. As reported by The Journal ...
Sunday World3d
Face of Irish soldier facing jail after being caught with €27,000 of cocaine in barracks
Scanlon’s case is one of two involving members of the Irish Defence Forces to come before the courts ... sailors, and air crews during that timeframe, with a drop in the rate of testing during ...