# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 31 March, 2022
# UN Mission
# UN Mission
347 Irish troops will deploy to South Lebanon in May as part of the UN Peacekeeping mission.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 28 March, 2022
# Refugee Crisis
# Refugee Crisis
Latest figures show that more than 13,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in Ireland so far.
# irish-defence-forces - Friday 4 March, 2022
# Army Rangers
# Army Rangers
The Journal joined the Irish Air Corps and Army Ranger Wing at The Curragh last week.
# irish-defence-forces - Saturday 19 February, 2022
# Mali
# Mali
There are 34 Irish troops in Mali at present.
# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 10 February, 2022
# Analysis
# Analysis
The Commission report is a study in accepting the modernisation of a long neglected force, writes Niall O’Connor.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 7 February, 2022
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
The Commission on the Defence Forces report is expected to be published on Wednesday.
# irish-defence-forces - Friday 14 January, 2022
# Raco
# Raco
The Commission on the Defence Forces has been meeting over the last year.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 27 December, 2021
# Terror Response
# Terror Response
We speak to the bomb disposal technicians working to develop a way to fight terror attacks.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 20 December, 2021
# Hand It Back
# Hand It Back
Up to €20 million could be returned to the exchequer.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 29 November, 2021
# Personnel Support
# Personnel Support
The new centre is in a refurbished building in Collins Barracks, Cork.
# irish-defence-forces - Friday 26 November, 2021
# Kabul Rescue
Questions have been raised about the need for heavy lift aircraft for the Irish Air Corps.
# irish-defence-forces - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Un Missions
# Un Missions
Raco are holding their annual conference in Kildare.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 22 November, 2021
# Qatar
# Qatar
Three operators from the Irish Defence Forces briefed Qatari forces at the event.
# Raco
# Raco
RACO represents more than 1,200 Permanent Defence Force Officers from Officer Cadet to Colonel ranks.
# Not That I'm Aware Of
# Not That I'm Aware Of
Seraph Aviation Group offered two aircraft – which would have been suitable to rescue Irish citizens in Afghanistan.
# irish-defence-forces - Tuesday 2 November, 2021
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
The three trainee soldiers deny any wrongdoing in respect of the other recruit.
# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 7 October, 2021
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
PDFORRA has called on Minister Coveney to ‘do the right thing’ and grant citizenship to migrant soldiers.
# irish-defence-forces - Wednesday 6 October, 2021
# Irish Defence Forces
# Irish Defence Forces
The annual conference of PDFORRA, which represents 6,500 military members, is taking place in Killarney.
# irish-defence-forces - Tuesday 5 October, 2021
# Irish Defence Forces
# Irish Defence Forces
The annual conference takes places in Killarney.
# irish-defence-forces - Saturday 25 September, 2021
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
Exercise Viking Landing II took place at the Pigeon House, Poolbeg on Tuesday night.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 2 August, 2021
# Irish Society
# Irish Society
Vice Admiral Mellett said gender conditioning away from military life begins in childhood for women.
# irish-defence-forces - Sunday 1 August, 2021
# Vice Admiral Mark Mellett
Vice Admiral Mark Mellett is set to retire in the coming months from his role as Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces. In a wide-ranging interview Mellett spoke at length about funding difficulties. He also believes that the future of defence lies in a combination of cyber and traditional roles.
# irish-defence-forces - Friday 30 July, 2021
# Climate Security Threat
Mellett, who holds a PhD in environmental governance, believes Ireland must act to prevent the impact of climate change. The Chief of Staff said Ireland needs to lose its 'false sense of security'. Mellett also believes that the State will have to play a role in battling climate breakdown.
# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# Jadotville
# Jadotville
In 1961 a detachment of 158 Irish troops fought a force of 5,000 Katanganese troops while on UN duty in Congo.
# irish-defence-forces - Friday 4 June, 2021
# Peacekeepers
Niall O'Connor speaks with returning UN Peacekeepers from the tension filled environment of South Lebanon. The exchange of fire between Palestinians and Israel saw them take to bunkers to protect them from stray rounds. The Irish troops, drawn from across the island, carried out humanitarian work and maintained the peace in the country.
# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 20 May, 2021
# Troubled Cyber Defence
Senior military officers have said the response to the HSE Cyber Attack is greatly undermined by Government cuts to the Defence Forces.
# irish-defence-forces - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Cyber Response
# Cyber Response
The fight back against the HSE cyber attack is a multi agency operation.
# irish-defence-forces - Sunday 28 February, 2021
# Defending Pay
# Defending Pay
A Commission on the Defence Forces is due to deliver a report this year on challenges within the armed forces.
# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Irish Defence Forces
# Irish Defence Forces
A new hostel to house four to eight veterans in Cobh is to be developed.
# Column
# Column
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.
# irish-defence-forces - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Risk Assessment
# Risk Assessment
Yesterday Turkey said it was in the process of deporting 20 ‘foreign jihadists’.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 4 November, 2019
# Turkey
# Turkey
Simon Coveney has said his primary concern is for Smith’s two-year-old daughter.
# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 24 October, 2019
# Last Eight
From The42
# Last Eight
There was better news for boxer Danny O’Brien, who is guaranteed at least a bronze medal.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 21 October, 2019
# Knockout Stages
From The42
# Knockout Stages
A last-eight tie with Algeria awaits the Boys in Green on Wednesday.
# irish-defence-forces - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Flying The Flag
From The42
# Flying The Flag
The Irish Defence Forces are off to the Chinese city of Wuhan to compete at the World Military Games this week.
# irish-defence-forces - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
# Howth
# Howth
This is the seventh vessel detained by the Naval Service so far in 2019.
# irish-defence-forces - Sunday 9 June, 2019
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
If approved this would be the first deployment of the ARW overseas in their special forces role since their deployment to Chad in 2008.
# irish-defence-forces - Saturday 8 June, 2019
# Ballymun
# Ballymun
The device has been seized for further examination.
# irish-defence-forces - Thursday 30 May, 2019
# Security
# Security
Raco is calling for the introduction of an independent pay review body to help address the staff retention crisis.
# irish-defence-forces - Wednesday 8 May, 2019
# Beaten
From The42
# Beaten
The Boys in Green were beaten 2-1 by the UK Armed Forces.
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