# paul-kehoe - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Coming Home
# Coming Home
Upon arrival in Ireland, personnel will be required to spend 14 days in self-isolation.
# paul-kehoe - Saturday 9 May, 2020
# Air Corps
# Air Corps
The aircraft completed its first mission last weekend, when it delivered a number of Irish tests to a laboratory in Germany.
# paul-kehoe - Thursday 19 December, 2019
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
Minister Paul Kehoe changed standard policy so a civilian psychiatrist could apply for the job.
# paul-kehoe - Saturday 14 December, 2019
# Spies
# Spies
An update to the White Paper on Defence 2015 was published this week.
# paul-kehoe - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Repatriated
# Repatriated
Smith will undergo a security assessment when she returns to Ireland, it was reported earlier this month.
# Irish Defence Forces
# Irish Defence Forces
A new hostel to house four to eight veterans in Cobh is to be developed.
# paul-kehoe - Saturday 16 November, 2019
# Paul Kehoe
# Paul Kehoe
Charity-funded Irish Community Rapid Response is stepping in after the withdrawal of the Air Corps service.
# paul-kehoe - Saturday 19 October, 2019
# Protests
# Protests
Their itinerary for today was cancelled due the ongoing protests in the city.
# paul-kehoe - Monday 26 August, 2019
# MINUSMA
# MINUSMA
The mission has been described as the most dangerous UN peacekeeping mission in the world.
# paul-kehoe - Friday 26 July, 2019
# Air Corps
# Air Corps
There are around 100 Air Corps pilots in the force.
# paul-kehoe - Saturday 13 July, 2019
# On The Defensive
# On The Defensive
The dispute comes after a decision was made to take two vessels out of operation, leading to various claims and rows in the Dáil.
# paul-kehoe - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
# Navy Ships
# Navy Ships
Kehoe became embroiled in confusion over the weekend when he said two vessels were docked for maintenance reasons and not for staff shortages.
# paul-kehoe - Wednesday 12 June, 2019
# Retention Crisis
# Retention Crisis
There were 256 discharges in the first four months of 2019.
# paul-kehoe - Sunday 21 April, 2019
# O'Connell Street
# O'Connell Street
The group was criticised for marching down O’Connell Street on Saturday.
# paul-kehoe - Sunday 7 April, 2019
# Minister For Defence
# Minister For Defence
The minister thanked the gardaí for their assistance in a statement.
# paul-kehoe - Monday 1 April, 2019
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
There are currently 20 Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed to the EU Training Mission (EUTM) in Mali.
# paul-kehoe - Monday 18 March, 2019
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
There are 458 Irish personnel attached to Unifil.
# paul-kehoe - Monday 4 February, 2019
# Largest Ever Class
# Largest Ever Class
Seventeen of the new members are women – the largest number ever commissioned from one class.
# paul-kehoe - Sunday 6 January, 2019
# Mali
# Mali
Varadkar will be accompanied by Minister of State with responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe .
# paul-kehoe - Sunday 25 November, 2018
# Thermal Imaging
# Thermal Imaging
There are 20 drones available throughout the country.
# paul-kehoe - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
# Irish Army
# Irish Army
An initiative, which is to be spearheaded by Ireland, proposes the introduction of “rotation cycles”.
# paul-kehoe - Wednesday 3 October, 2018
# UN Peacekeeping
# UN Peacekeeping
The issue emerged on Monday morning as the troops were preparing to return from UN peacekeeping.
# paul-kehoe - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
# Workers Rights
# Workers Rights
PDFORRA, which represents soldiers, sailors and aircrew has been campaigning for trade union rights.
# paul-kehoe - Monday 23 July, 2018
# Curracloe
# Curracloe
People were forced to leave the popular tourist area yesterday.
# paul-kehoe - Sunday 27 May, 2018
# Military Flights
# Military Flights
Since 2003, the gardaí have been allowed request support from the Defence Forces at the airport.
# paul-kehoe - Monday 26 March, 2018
# Terrorism
# Terrorism
The government wants to maintain a strength level of 9,500 personnel across the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps.
# paul-kehoe - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
# Joint Action
# Joint Action
The Cabinet approved the participation in the group which will be on standby from July to December 2020.
# paul-kehoe - Wednesday 27 December, 2017
# Poor Conditions
# Poor Conditions
The Minister for Defence told the Dáil that many vacant units are in a “very poor state of repair”.
# paul-kehoe - Thursday 21 December, 2017
# Away For Christmas
# Away For Christmas
Hundreds of Irish people will be deployed overseas this Christmas.
# paul-kehoe - Friday 25 August, 2017
# Flooding
# Flooding
Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rainfall warning for five counties.
# paul-kehoe - Monday 10 July, 2017
# Hotel Rwanda Style
# Hotel Rwanda Style
The results “suggest a disconnect from the organisation itself” the researchers said.
# paul-kehoe - Saturday 10 June, 2017
# No Defence
# No Defence
Wives and Partners of the Defence Forces (WPDF) is set to march on the Department of Defence in Newbridge, Co Kildare, this afternoon.
# paul-kehoe - Saturday 22 April, 2017
# Drug Testing
# Drug Testing
23 of the drug takers had to buy their way out of their military contracts.
# paul-kehoe - Tuesday 31 January, 2017
# Chemical Exposure
# Chemical Exposure
Christopher O’Toole was a senior advisor to the Attorney General – a body named as the defendant in court documents.
# paul-kehoe - Thursday 7 July, 2016
# Glass Ceiling
# Glass Ceiling
Maureen O’Brien joined the Defence Forces in 1981 and previously served in the Lebanon, Western Sahara and East Timor
# paul-kehoe - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
# Golan Heights
# Golan Heights
You’d never know there’s an election around the corner…
# paul-kehoe - Friday 18 December, 2015
# Conflict Zone
# Conflict Zone
The Taoiseach will be visiting the Irish men and women serving in the Golan Heights this Sunday.
# paul-kehoe - Thursday 3 December, 2015
# Week's Over
# Week's Over
The Dáil is wrapping up early today and the opposition aren’t happy.
# paul-kehoe - Thursday 26 November, 2015
# Eviction
# Eviction
Storage crates have been placed outside the Cavan-Monaghan deputy’s office.
# paul-kehoe - Tuesday 22 September, 2015
Breezy in the morning; rather cloudy
Max: 17 °C
Min: 11 °C
Mostly cloudy with a shower in places
Max: 19 °C
Min: 13 °C
