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Thursday 22 October 2020
A new hostel to house four to eight veterans in Cobh is to be developed.
Dr Tom Clonan met with the Defence Forces Chief of Staff today about a reconciliation process. ‘Unusually for Ireland, this whistleblowing story has a happy ending,’ he writes.
Yesterday Turkey said it was in the process of deporting 20 ‘foreign jihadists’.
Simon Coveney has said his primary concern is for Smith’s two-year-old daughter.
There was better news for boxer Danny O’Brien, who is guaranteed at least a bronze medal.
A last-eight tie with Algeria awaits the Boys in Green on Wednesday.
Strict new coronavirus measures have come into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
The Irish Defence Forces are off to the Chinese city of Wuhan to compete at the World Military Games this week.
This is the seventh vessel detained by the Naval Service so far in 2019.
If approved this would be the first deployment of the ARW overseas in their special forces role since their deployment to Chad in 2008.
The device has been seized for further examination.
Raco is calling for the introduction of an independent pay review body to help address the staff retention crisis.
The Boys in Green were beaten 2-1 by the UK Armed Forces.
Serious consideration is being given to sending a small contingent of the Irish Army Ranger Wing to Mali.
The Irish Defence Forces went through after taking four points from two matches in the Netherlands.
Ireland’s Defence Forces are in the Netherlands where they will aim to book a place at next year’s World Military Games.
Five men were arrested in this operation for drug trafficking offences.
The Cabinet approved the participation in the group which will be on standby from July to December 2020.
This Christmas some 580 troops will be serving overseas.
Two EU workers were killed in the attack on a hotel on the edge of the capital Bamako.
Family members gathered outside barracks all across the country today to highlight pay issues.
The national anthem was played by a lone piper in the main courtyard of the cemetery.
The rescue services are heading to the scene.
The Irish Naval Service has rescued over 11,500 migrants to date.
You’d never know there’s an election around the corner…
The exercise took place over the last two weeks in Kildare and Cork.
An army bomb disposal team was called in to make the device safe.
They’re missing their dads today – and their own children.
Gardaí have requested their assistance at the airport more than 130 times.
The film featured 750 members of the FCA army reserve who played extras in the D-Day scenes.
An expert with decades of intelligence experience says our neutrality might actually be making us more vulnerable.
The Government is set to give an additional €778,000 towards combating the Ebola outbreak.
The Army had 430 troops serving on peacekeeping missions in 16 countries in the past 12 months.
Comdt Declan Sheridan’s men take on the hosts later today before facing Germany and the Netherlands.
It’s the first time since 1985 that Israel has downed a Syrian plane.
Irish peacekeepers are about to re-deploy to the Golan Heights.
It was the largest scale movie production to come to Ireland and was the start of something big for the film industry…
He might not have been wrong either…
Hundreds of members of the Irish Defence Forces played William Wallace’s army in the 1990s battle movie.
Irish personnel secured a route and provided security as UNDOF troops withdrew from a position today.
Mahmoud Bazzi will be deported from the US to Lebanon, where it is hoped he will face justice.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lecturer Maeve O’Rourke analyses the government’s nine main arguments in relation to the Bill.
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