Officials in the Department of Defence have been asked to cost a massive expansion of the Irish military, including the purchase of a squadron of jet fighters. Shortly after taking office, Tánaiste ...

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The incident happened in waters off the North East coast earlier this year – the ship has reappeared off the Irish coast ...

The post-hoc examination of the loss identified public concern that the treaty (to expand the EU) would erode Irish neutrality and lead to compulsory participation in a future European army.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Irish Cabinet approved draft legislation to change the rules that govern how its military can be used abroad. The reforms include changes to what it known as 'the triple ...

Pic: PA Irish rearmament is complicated by the conflicting demands of its constitutional neutrality, banning participation in military alliances, its membership of the European Union and even ...

The Irish Army is a third short of the minimal level of forces the Government believes is required to adequately protect the State. The most recent figures reveal that the Defence Forces, with 7,557 ...

You can check out at any time. More info This is the moment the family of an Irish soldier were presented with a top military medal in his honour – more than 25 years after he died protecting ...

but that the plan was not incompatible with Irish military neutrality. The proposal, tabled by commission president Ursula von der Leyen, could see the EU borrow up to €150bn to ramp up re ...

Irish rearmament is complicated by the conflicting demands of its constitutional neutrality, banning participation in military alliances, its membership of the European Union and even Northern Ireland ...