The LÉ Róisín has completed a 12-week humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean Sea during which she rescued 1,263 migrants and recovered the bodies of four people.

The LÉ Aisling, which intercepted the IRA gun-running ship Marita Ann in 1984 and recovered bodies from Air India flight 182 in 1985, is being decommissioned, writes Sean O’Riordan.

It may have sounded a bit head in the clouds when the naval service announced plans to use a kite in an innovative radar system which would also help save fuel.

A specialist company has started removing asbestos from two Naval Service ships which have been locked down for a number of weeks due to the discovery of the potentially lethal substance onboard.

More than 150 Naval Service personnel and civilian workers could have potentially come in contact with asbestos as the crisis deepens over the extent of exposure to the life-threatening substance.

Today will mark one of the biggest displays of naval firepower seen in Cork harbour for many years.

The number of women entering the Defence Forces is growing considerably and is something the military wants to encourage.

Symbolic fires blazed on headlands and islands along the Cork coast last night marking a timeline of the Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage across the Atlantic a century ago.

Symbolic fires blazed on headlands and islands along the Cork coast last night marking a timeline of the Titanic’s ill-fated maiden voyage across the Atlantic a century ago.

The LE Aisling responded to a request from the Coast Guard this afternoon when a female swimmer got into difficulty off Lahinch Beach, Co Clare.

THREE men had a lucky escape last night after fire ripped through their boat in Cork Harbour.

Gardaí in West Cork are today treating the death of a 34-year-old member of the Naval Service as a tragic accident.

RELATIVES of some of the 329 people killed during one of the world’s deadliest terrorist attacks will gather in west Cork this week to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Air India disaster.

GOVERNMENT cutbacks may force the Naval Service to patrol with significantly reduced crews, limiting its operational efficiency.

EVEN though Roberta O’Brien grew up almost 100 kilometres from the nearest coastline, it hasn’t stopped the Tipperary native from making history with the Irish Naval Service.

THIS is quite a month for firsts — Barack Obama in the White House, the All Blacks in Croke Park today and the first female commander of an Irish navy vessel.

THE naval service has, for the first time, detained a trawler in a rare deep sea coral reef area off the south-west coast.

A major rescue operation is underway off the Cork coast.

The Irish Navy’s eight ships will each burn the equivalent of €1m worth of oil over the next two years.

PLANNING is underway to replace three of the Naval Service's aging vessels it emerged yesterday following the announcement of a €19 million increase in the defence estimate.

The Irish Navy has detailed a Spanish fishing trawler suspected of operating illegally.

The Irish Navy has detained a British-registered fishing vessel off the coast of the Co Galway.

The Irish Navy has detained an Irish-registered Spanish fishing vessel after it allegedly failed to provide a safe means of access for a naval inspection team.

The captain of a British-registered trawler is due in court in Co Cork today after his vessel was detained yesterday for alleged illegal fishing.

The naval vessel, the "Le Aisling", will dock in Cork City this weekend and has invited members of the public to come on board for a visit.