# peacekeeping - Tuesday 25 May, 2021
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
Major-General Maureen O’Brien’s appointment to this rank was described as a “great source of pride for the Defence Forces” by Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney.
# peacekeeping - Friday 1 January, 2021
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
The Taoiseach described it as an ‘enormous responsibility’.
# peacekeeping - Monday 22 June, 2020
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
Minister Paul Kehoe has thanked them for their service.
# peacekeeping - 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.
# peacekeeping - Sunday 7 April, 2019
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
The soldiers are now due to touch down at Dublin Airport at 7.15pm tonight, where they will be greeted by their families.
# peacekeeping - Monday 18 March, 2019
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
There are 458 Irish personnel attached to Unifil.
# peacekeeping - Friday 28 December, 2018
# Óglaigh Na HÉireann
# Óglaigh Na HÉireann
There are currently 650 members of the Defence Forces serving in 14 countries.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 1 November, 2018
# Minister Paul Kehoe
# Minister Paul Kehoe
The video was played during the hurling encounter between Clare and Galway in July.
# peacekeeping - Sunday 24 June, 2018
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
Ireland holds the record for the longest unbroken peacekeeping service of any nation in the world.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 13 October, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The Fianna Fáil TD was asked four times by Vincent Browne, and four times denied that concerns were mentioned to him about the anti-malaria drug given to Irish troops.
# peacekeeping - Friday 5 February, 2016
# Virtual Reality
# Virtual Reality
The college is leading a project that aims to improve skills needed in peacekeeping missions.
# peacekeeping - Sunday 31 January, 2016
# Scotch Irish
# Scotch Irish
The number of women officers in the Defence Forces is finally on the rise and Catherine Smyth is one of them. But Catherine is Scottish, not Irish.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 19 November, 2015
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
France is considering withdrawing from some peacekeeping missions.
# peacekeeping - Saturday 11 July, 2015
# Srebrenica
# Srebrenica
More than 1,000 of the bodies of those killed are yet to be recovered.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 11 June, 2015
# Haiti
# Haiti
About a third of alleged sexual abuse involves minors under 18.
# peacekeeping - Monday 4 May, 2015
# Attack
# Attack
The two soldiers were evacuated to Israel for medical care.
# peacekeeping - Wednesday 28 January, 2015
# Lebanon
# Lebanon
The Spanish soldier was killed when the Israeli military shelled border areas in southern Lebanon.
# peacekeeping - Tuesday 30 December, 2014
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
The Army had 430 troops serving on peacekeeping missions in 16 countries in the past 12 months.
# peacekeeping - Saturday 6 December, 2014
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
Privates Derek Smallhorne and Thomas Barrett were killed by the South Lebanon Army in an attack in 1980.
# peacekeeping - Tuesday 28 October, 2014
# Golan Heights
# Golan Heights
The troops are part of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights.
# peacekeeping - Tuesday 23 September, 2014
# Tensions Rising
# Tensions Rising
It’s the first time since 1985 that Israel has downed a Syrian plane.
# peacekeeping - Monday 1 September, 2014
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
Defence Minister Simon Coveney wants a UN review of the peacekeeping
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Defence Minister has called for a UN review of the mission.
# peacekeeping - Saturday 30 August, 2014
# Spectrum Of Violence
# Spectrum Of Violence
The situation at the border is far too volatile for the UN mission’s remit – it seems the only reason to keep it there is for political posturing.
# peacekeeping - Friday 29 August, 2014
# UNDOF
# UNDOF
Syrian rebels captured 43 Fijian soldiers yesterday.
# peacekeeping - Monday 11 August, 2014
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
Mahmoud Bazzi entered the US illegally but is not charged with the deaths.
# peacekeeping - Friday 18 April, 2014
# 34 Years
# 34 Years
The families and friends of Private Derek Smallhorne and Private Thomas Barrett are looking for their killer to be questioned about his past life – before he moved to the US, settled down and started working as an ice-cream man.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 27 March, 2014
# Nuclear Weapons
# Nuclear Weapons
As a 13-year old schoolgirl, Setsuko Thurlow became a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Her harrowing testimony is a continuing reminder of the importance of nuclear disarmament, writes Jamie Walsh.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 27 February, 2014
# Peace
# Peace
Ireland has seen first-hand the benefits a third party can bring to a peace process; it owes it to the forgotten conflicts throughout the world to help, writes Colm Bergin.
# peacekeeping - Saturday 22 February, 2014
# Tough Enough
# Tough Enough
Ireland’s 44 Infantry Group are heading to the Golan Heights in March.
# peacekeeping - Friday 20 September, 2013
# Syria
# Syria
Neither side can win, the country’s deputy prime minister has said.
# peacekeeping - Friday 17 May, 2013
# Syria
# Syria
The US President and Turkish Prime Minister met in Washington to discuss Syria’s ongoing, bloody conflict.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 7 February, 2013
# Mali
# Mali
France is keen to hand over the military burden as its forces continue to come under attack from rebels.
# peacekeeping - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
The money is owed for peacekeeping missions in Chad and Lebanon.
# peacekeeping - Friday 28 December, 2012
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
Documents from 1982 capture the immediate aftermath of the moment when Michael McAleavey shot dead three of his colleagues at Tibnin Bridge in South Lebanon.
# peacekeeping - Tuesday 21 August, 2012
# Darfur
# Darfur
Two Jordanian officers were buying supplies at a market when they disappeared yesterday.
# peacekeeping - Sunday 8 July, 2012
# The Fallen
# The Fallen
National Commemoration Day marks the deaths of Irish men and women in past wars and on UN service.
# peacekeeping - Friday 15 June, 2012
# Peacekeeping
# Peacekeeping
Simultaneous commemorations being held around the country on 8 July.
# peacekeeping - Thursday 17 May, 2012
# Lebanon
# Lebanon
A replacement battalion has already been deployed to continue Ireland’s involvement in the UNIFIL operation.
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