The Naval Service has successfully tested a revolutionary new radar system which it is hoping to market globally.

Naval service ships operating in the Mediterranean Sea could soon be adopting a more robust role in the fight against Islamic terrorists and people-smugglers.

A paperwork blunder has forced an Irish Naval refugee rescue ship to remain berthed in Cork Harbour, days after it was due to set sail for the Mediterranean.

The Irish Defence Forces LÉ Eithne captain and crew took part in a Christmas Jumper Day for CMRF Crumlin’s Tiny Hearts Appeal.

Cork County Council is currently seeking homes for 50 refugees, but expects to be asked to house more as the migrant crisis intensifies after Germany closed its border with Austria.

The Government is expected to extend the Irish Naval Service humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean today as donations flood in for an aid convoy bound for Calais.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) has asked the Taoiseach to extend the Irish Naval Service’s humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean into the winter months.

The recovery of the bodies of the victims of people smugglers (‘Packed in like sardines in a tin’, Irish Examiner, July 29) has underlined the need for our naval service to continue in the search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean.

Irish Naval crew on board the LÉ Eithne used colouring books and toys to calm the fears of children they plucked from tiny boats floating dangerously in the Mediterranean.

The tired crew of LÉ Eithne could leave for home as early as this weekend after rescuing 3,376 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea.

Irish Naval personnel who have rescued over 3,400 migrants in the Mediterranean are not getting proper pay allowances.

The number of lives saved by the Naval Service flagship LÉ Eithne passed the 2,000 mark after she picked up her largest number of migrants in any one day of operations off the coast of Libya.

Irish Naval vessel the LÉ Eithne is expected to dock in a port in Italy today with the 399 people saved from the Mediterranean in its latest rescue operation in the area.

Naval Service flagship LÉ Eithne has saved more migrants’ lives after picking up the occupants of a small fibreglass boat who had run out of food, water and fuel five days into an attempted crossing of the Mediterranean Sea.

LÉ Eithne was steaming towards the Sicilian port of Palermo last night with 410 migrants she had rescued from the Mediterranean Sea.

A baby, several women, and children were among 201 migrants crammed into five flimsy inflatable vessels who were rescued by Naval Service flagship LÉ Eithne 60km north of Libya.

The Naval Service’s flagship LÉ Eithne is today steaming close to Gibraltar on her way to the Mediterranean, where she is being deployed to save migrants from drowning.

There were many poignant moments on a day of the Lusitania commemoration, but two audibly struck a chord with the thousands who attended it.

The LÉ Eithne is expected to be given the order to deploy in the Mediterranean after next Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting, at which Minister for Defence Simon Coveney will almost certainly get approval from colleagues to send it on a humanitarian mission to save drowning refugees.

An asbestos clean-up has begun on a third Naval Service vessel after the potentially lethal substance was found on board last Saturday.

The Naval Service has begun a fleet-wide survey for asbestos after the potentially lethal substance was discovered in four of its ships.

The Naval Service is starting to train key personnel in asbestos awareness and its safe removal.

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.

The Naval Service will this year make history when it tests new kite sails which will have the combined effect of providing enhanced surveillance and saving fuel.

Two men who live in Carrigaline have received notable appointments in the Naval Service, one as its boss and the other as captain of its newest vessel, LÉ Samuel Beckett, when it arrives in the spring.

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.

TWO brothers are set to make history when they each take command of Irish naval service vessels.

THE crew of a trawler got an unwelcome catch yesterday when they scooped up an unstable World War II German mine, which was capable of sinking a large ship.

NAVY efforts to locate the wreckage of stricken trawler the Honeydew II and its two missing crew members have been described as ‘terrible’ by one of the missing skipper’s friends.

THE search for the five fishermen who were on board the Pere Charles is now concentrated on an area of sea about two miles off Hook Head.

AN IRISH naval vessel will set course for Argentina to join in celebrations commemorating a Co Mayo man credited with founding the South American country’s navy.

THOUSANDS of sightseers were treated to a spectacular show this week as the Irish Naval Service continued its annual exercises off the southwest coast.

IT’S not your standard twinning practice but when it comes to sick children, it’s important to push the boat out.

THE Department of Defence and the Defence Forces have denied a claim that a Naval Service re-supply mission to the troops in Liberia was cancelled because it would have cost too much money.

Irish and British naval vessels will join forces this morning in the search for the bodies of three generations of one family missing off the Co Down coast.

Gardai in Pearse Streeet have charged the 19-year-old in connection with the death of the 22-year-old Brian Gorey who was a crew member of the LE Eithne.