Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are set to add numbers to the Seanad election race from candidates who lost their Dáil seats.
Tue, 25 Feb, 2020
A spokesperson for the Irish Coastguard has warned that gale force winds could impede the search for a missing fisherman off the south east coast this morning.
Mon, 06 Jan, 2020
The chairperson of the Irish Muslim Peace and Integration Council has questioned the level of efforts being made by the State to repatriate Irish woman Lisa Smith and her child.
Mon, 04 Nov, 2019
A leading security expert says Ireland has become more exposed to an Islamic State-style terrorist attacks because of the failure of a government commitment made more than two years ago to double the strength of the country’s elite special forces.
Mon, 04 Dec, 2017
A security analyst believes the Defence Forces will find it difficult to manage and police a ‘hard’ border post-Brexit.
Fri, 25 Aug, 2017
In a year in which an Irish Coast Guard volunteer died in the course of duty, the service says it has rescued or assisted 405 people in 2016.
Fri, 30 Dec, 2016
Ireland has been described as Europe's weakest link when it comes to defence and intelligence by a leading security expert.
Tue, 09 Aug, 2016
Eoghan Clonan, 13, has to lie on the ground of the Natural History Museum so his father Tom can carry his wheelchair up to the first floor, because there is no lift in this national building.
Thu, 19 May, 2016
The planned deployment of around 140 crack troops on a major EU exercise has been called off as the Government failed to sign a special agreement to indemnify soldiers on duty abroad.
Wed, 30 Mar, 2016
Fri, 04 Dec, 2015
Twenty sit-ups in a minute. Twenty press-ups in a minute. Run a mile in 11 minutes — not too high a fitness bar, but beyond many hoping to join the army.
Fri, 28 Aug, 2015
The US military cannot project military power in the global war on terror without the use of Shannon airport as it is currently configured, says a security expert.
Wed, 25 Feb, 2015
One of the two Russian ‘Bear’ bombers which flew into Irish-controlled airspace last week was reportedly carrying a nuclear weapon.
Thu, 12 Feb, 2015
Ireland is "Europe’s weakest link" in air defence cover because our Air Corps is so poorly equipped it cannot defend our airspace against hijackers taking over commercial aircraft or intrusions by foreign military aircraft.
Wed, 11 Feb, 2015
Parents “disgusted” at the deepening CRC crisis have challenged the group’s disgraced former board to explain their actions to people dependent on the service.
Sat, 18 Jan, 2014
ON Dec 7, 2007, Jim Nugent told the Mahon Tribunal, under oath, that he had been involved in a whip-around for Bertie Ahern.
Sat, 14 Dec, 2013
Garda detectives feel they are now outgunned by crime gangs who are importing automatic weapons from Eastern Europe.
Thu, 02 May, 2013
YOU have no idea how lucky you are.
Tue, 31 Jan, 2012
Evelyn Ring and Seán McCárthaigh
Sat, 09 Jul, 2005
A MAN sexually abused as a child by a priest from Co Meath has won record damages in excess of €900,000.
Fri, 01 Jul, 2005
British police who flew to Australia to investigate the whereabouts of an Irish former priest wanted in connection with child abuse allegations confirmed today they believe he is dead.
Sat, 08 May, 2004
BRITISH police are still hunting an Irish priest accused of sex abuse, believing he may have faked his own death to avoid extradition.
Tue, 09 Mar, 2004
The Defence Forces have confirmed that an internal inquiry will be carried out into allegations of widespread bullying and harassment of female officers.
Thu, 16 Aug, 2001
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